Non-Invasive Assessment of Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction: Where Do We Stand?
Alessandra ScatteiaAngelo SilverioRoberto PadalinoFrancesco De StefanoRaffaella AmericaAlberto Maria CappellettiLaura Adelaide Dalla VecchiaPasquale GuariniFrancesco DonatelliFrancesco CaiazzaSanto Delle GrottagliePublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2021)
The left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) is the preferred parameter applied for the non-invasive evaluation of LV systolic function in clinical practice. It has a well-recognized and extensive role in the clinical management of numerous cardiac conditions. Many imaging modalities are currently available for the non-invasive assessment of LVEF. The aim of this review is to describe their relative advantages and disadvantages, proposing a hierarchical application of the different imaging tests available for LVEF evaluation based on the level of accuracy/reproducibility clinically required.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- high resolution
- clinical practice
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- blood pressure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left atrial
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- acute myocardial infarction
- pulmonary artery
- coronary artery
- congenital heart disease
- coronary artery disease
- mass spectrometry
- photodynamic therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention