Assessment of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities with the use of color kinesis: A valuable visual and training aid
| Autor: | Yung-Sang Lau, Josephine Puryear, Richard L. Popp, Sandra C. Gan, Michael B. Fowler, Randall H. Vagelos, Ingela Schnittger |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Heart Ventricles Ventricular Dysfunction Left Congestive Cardiomyopathy Internal medicine Image Processing Computer-Assisted Segmental wall motion Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Wall motion Aged Left ventricular wall motion Observer Variation business.industry Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged Myocardial Contraction Surgery Echocardiography Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Kinesis Endocardium |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 10:665-672 |
| ISSN: | 0894-7317 |
| Popis: | Accurate interpretation of left ventricular segmental wall motion by echocardiography is an important yet difficult skill to learn. Color-coded left ventricular wall motion (color kinesis) is a tool that potentially could aid in the interpretation and provide semiquantification. We studied the usefulness of color kinesis in 42 patients with a history of congestive cardiomyopathy who underwent two-dimensional echocardiograms and a color kinesis study. The expert's reading of the two-dimensional wall motion served as a reference for comparison of color kinesis studies interpreted by the expert and a cardiovascular trainee. Correlation between two-dimensional echocardiography and the expert's and trainee's color coded wall motion scores were r = 0.83 and r = 0.67, respectively. Reproducibility between reviewers and between operators was also assessed. Interobserver variability for color-coded wall motion showed a correlation of r = 0.78. Correlation between operators was also good: r = 0.84. Color kinesis is reliable and appears promising as an adjunct in the assessment of wall motion abnormalities by echocardiography. It is both a valuable visual aid, as well as a training aid for the cardiovascular trainee. (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1997;10:665-72.) |
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