How to standardize the measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction

How to standardize the measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction

Despite recent advances in imaging for myocardial deformation, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is still the most important index for systolic function in daily practice. Its role in multiple fields (e.g., valvular heart disease, myocardial infarction, cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunc...

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Published in:Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 35 - 43
Main Authors: Kusunose, Kenya, Zheng, Robert, Yamada, Hirotsugu, Sata, Masataka
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01-01-2022
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Accuracy
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Automation
Beta blockers
Cancer therapies
Cardiac patients
Clinical medicine
Ejection fraction
Health aspects
Heart attack
Heart diseases
Heart failure
Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Imaging
Intensive care
Laboratories
Measurement
Measurement techniques
Medical imaging
Medical imaging equipment
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Methods
Radiology
Reproducibility
Reproducibility of Results
Special Feature: Review Article
Standardization
Stroke Volume
Ultrasound
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
Ventricular Function, Left
Japan
Echocardiography
Artificial intelligence
Machine learning
Ejection fraction
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Summary:Despite recent advances in imaging for myocardial deformation, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is still the most important index for systolic function in daily practice. Its role in multiple fields (e.g., valvular heart disease, myocardial infarction, cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction) has been a mainstay in guidelines. In addition, assessment of LVEF is vital to clinical decision-making in patients with heart failure. However, notable limitations to LVEF include poor inter-observer reproducibility dependent on observer skill, poor acoustic windows, and variations in measurement techniques. To solve these problems, methods for standardization of LVEF by sharing reference images among observers and artificial intelligence for accurate measurements have been developed. In this review, we focus on the standardization of LVEF using reference images and automated LVEF using artificial intelligence.
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ISSN:1346-4523
1613-2254
DOI:10.1007/s10396-021-01116-z