Non-invasive assessment of left ventricular (LV) structure and function is important in the evaluation of cardiac patients. This study was designed to test the accuracy and reproducibility of new generation 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) in measuring volumetric and functional LV indices as compared with current "gold standard" of non-invasive cardiac imaging, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).
Department of Cardiology, Academic Unit, The University of Hull, Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham, Kingston-upon-Hull HU16 5JQ, UK. n.p.nikitin@hull.ac.uk