The preferable position for quantifying left ventricular diameter by transthoracic echocardiography.

Takafumi NakayamaYasuhiro ShintaniMasashi YokoiToshihiko GotoYukako OishiNoriyuki IkeharaMasato SugiuraKengo OhtaHiroya HashimotoKazuhiro YajimaYoshihiro Seo

Published in: Journal of echocardiography (2024)

The echocardiographic LV diameter measured at LV-mid has a stronger correlation with LV chamber size derived from CMRI than measurements at MV-tip. The LVDD measured at the LV-mid level is not affected by other factors.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
heart failure
optic nerve
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
mitral valve
cardiac resynchronization therapy
acute myocardial infarction
left atrial
aortic stenosis
computed tomography
aortic valve
coronary artery disease