Wall motion tracking in fetal echocardiography—Application of low and high frame rates for strain analysis.

Objective: Compared to adults, fetal heart rates (HR) are elevated necessitating higher frame rates (FR) for strain analysis by speckle tracking echocardiography. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of high FR compared to low FR on strain analysis in 2D speckle tracking. Methods:...

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Publicado en:Echocardiography Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 386 - 394
Autores principales: Enzensberger, Christian, Rostock, Laura, Graupner, Oliver, Götte, Malena, Wolter, Aline, Vorisek, Carina, Herrmann, Johannes, Axt‐Fliedner, Roland
Formato: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2019
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          Enzensberger, Christian
          Rostock, Laura
          Graupner, Oliver
          Götte, Malena
          Wolter, Aline
          Vorisek, Carina
          Herrmann, Johannes
          Axt‐Fliedner, Roland
        affil: Department of OB/GYN, Division of Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital UKGM, Justus‐Liebig University, Giessen Germany
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          Echocardiography Methods
          Heart Rate, Fetal
          Exercise Test, Cardiopulmonary
          Human
          Fetus
          Prospective Studies
          Myocardium
          Digital Imaging
          Systole Physiology
          Ventricular Function, Left
          Ventricular Function, Right
          Gestational Age
          DICOM
          Fetus, conception to birth
      ab: Objective: Compared to adults, fetal heart rates (HR) are elevated necessitating higher frame rates (FR) for strain analysis by speckle tracking echocardiography. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of high FR compared to low FR on strain analysis in 2D speckle tracking. Methods: Fetal echocardiography was prospectively performed and acquired from the apical or basal four‐chamber views of the heart. Images were optimized for clear delineation of myocardial walls and stored in either raw Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) cine‐loop format for offline analysis with a low FR of 60 frames per second (fps) or in the original FR (acoustic FR = AFR). For each loop, right (RV) and left (LV) ventricular fetal longitudinal peak systolic strain (LPSS) values were assessed by 2D Wall Motion tracking. Results: One hundred and three healthy fetuses were included with a mean gestational age of 26.3 ± 5.5 weeks. Mean AFR was 127 ± 26 fps. A mean FR/HR ratio was assessed of 0.42 and 0.90 between the low FR and AFR group, respectively. Relating to LPSS values, there was a significant difference between low FR and AFR for both ventricles (LV: −16.5% ± 3.9% (low FR) vs −13.6% ± 3.5% (AFR); and RV: −15.1% ± 3.6% (low FR) vs −12.6% ± 3.7% (AFR), both P < 0.001). Conclusions: Fetal LV and RV LPSS values derived with high AFR were significantly lower than corresponding LPSS values analyzed with low FR of 60 fps. Future studies are needed to clarify the clinical importance of this relationship.
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