Poor correlation between estimated ejection fraction measured by echocardiography with ejection fraction estimated by cardiac catheterization in patients awaiting cardiac transplantation
Background
Ejection fraction measurement is an integral part of pre-heart transplant evaluation. In the clinical arena, the correlation and agreement between ejection fraction (EF) measured by echocardiography vs. catheterization in pre-heart transplant patients have not been studied.
Methods
Data on all patients evaluated for heart transplantation at our program between 2003 and 2005 ( n =64) were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with both transthoracic echocardiography (with interpretable images) and left heart catheterization with ventriculography were included ( n =63, mean time difference 2.2 days, median 2 days). We correlated reported echocardiographically estimated EF with the estimated EF by left heart catheterization.
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Nov 16, 2017 | Posted by drzezo in CARDIOLOGY | Comments Off on Poor correlation between estimated ejection fraction measured by echocardiography with ejection fraction estimated by cardiac catheterization in patients awaiting cardiac transplantation
