Feasibility and Reliability of Automatic Quantitative Analyses of Mitral Annular Plane Systolic Excursion by Handheld Ultrasound Devices: A Pilot Study.
Malgorzata Izabela MagelssenCameron Lowell PalmerAnna Hjorth-HansenHans Olav NilsenGabriel KissHans TorpOle Christian MjolstadHåvard DalenPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
In this novel study evaluating automatic quantification of LV longitudinal function by HUD, we showed the high feasibility and reliability of the method. Compared to M-mode imaging, the automatic method underestimated MAPSE by 8% to 10%, but the difference with cTD imaging was nonsignificant. We conclude that this study's method for automatic quantitative assessment of LV function can be integrated in HUDs.