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      The measurement of stroke volume by cine magnetic resonance imaging and phase contrast velocity mapping

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          Background In the assessment of left ventricular stroke volume in cine magnetic resonance, drawing the endocardial contours in short axis slices are difficult at the 1 or 2 most basal slices due to systolic movement of the base towards the apex. The forward flow in the ascending aorta can be quantified using phase contrast velocity mapping. This study investigated which basal slices should be included in the assessment of left ventricular stroke volume, compared with those of phase contrast velocity mapping. Methods In 46 patients with various type of heart disease, multi slice breath-hold cine imaging of short axis views covering the entire left ventricle were obtained using 1.5 Tesla clinical scanner with 32-channel coil. The cases with mitral regurgitation were excluded. The endocardial contours in short axis views were drawn semi-automatically from left ventricular apex to 3 different basal slices, trace A; circular left ventricular endocardial contours in both end-diastole and end-systole, trace B; uninterrupted endocardial contour in end-diastole and interrupted endocardial contour by left ventricular outflow tract in end-systole, and trace C; interrupted endocardial contours with left ventricular outflow tract even in end-diastole. The most basal segment with muscle less than half of the circumference was excluded for analysis. The measured stroke volumes were compared with those of obtained by phase contrast velocity mapping in the ascending aorta. Results The total short axis slices included in the analysis were 6.7±1.6, 7.7±1.6, and 8.7±1.6 in trace A, B, and C, respectively. The stroke volume by cine imaging were 49±13 ml, 58±14 ml, and 65±15 ml in trace A, B, and C, respectively. The forward flow in the ascending aorta was 66±18 ml by phase contrast mapping, which showed good agreement only with trace C (p<0.001). Conclusions The basal short axis slice with interrupted endocardial contour by outflow tract should be included for tracing in the assessment of left ventricular chamber size and ejection fraction. Funding None. Figure 1 Representative basal short axis slices.

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          Conference
          J Cardiovasc Magn Reson
          J Cardiovasc Magn Reson
          Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
          BioMed Central
          1097-6647
          1532-429X
          2013
          30 January 2013
          : 15
          : Suppl 1
          : E105
          Affiliations
          [1 ]Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama city, Japan
          Article
          1532-429X-15-S1-E105
          10.1186/1532-429X-15-S1-E105
          3559300
          e493d350-5446-483f-a065-534ae531ab43
          Copyright ©2013 Tanimoto et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

          This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

          16th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions
          San Francisco, CA, USA
          31 January-3 February 2013
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          Cardiovascular Medicine
          Cardiovascular Medicine

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