%0 Journal Article
%T Initial experience using contrast enhanced real-time three-dimensional exercise stress echocardiography in a low-risk population
%A Kathleen Stergiopoulos
%A Samira Bahrainy
%A Laura Buzzanca
%A Barbara Blizzard
%J Heart International
%D 2010
%I Wichtig Editore, Milan
%R 10.4081/hi.2010.e8
%X Although emerging data support the utility of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) during dobutamine stress testing, the feasibility of performing contrast enhanced RT3DE during exercise treadmill stress has not been explored. Two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) acquisition were performed in 39 patients at rest and peak exercise. Contrast was used in 29 patients (74%). Reconstruction was performed manually by generating short axis cut planes at the base, mid-ventricle and apex, and automatically by generating 9 short axis slices. Three-dimensional acquisition was feasible during rest and stress regardless of the use of contrast. Time to acquire stress images was reduced using 3D (35.2¡À17.9 s) as compared to 2D acquisition (51.6¡À14.7 s; P less then 0.05). Using a 17-segment model, of all 663 segments, 588 resting (88.6%) and 563 stress segments (84.9%) were adequately visualized using manually reconstructed 3D data, compared with 618 resting (93.2%) and 606 stress segments (91.4%) using 2D data (P rest=0.06; P stress=0.07). We concluded that contrast enhanced RT3DE is feasible during treadmill stress echocardiography.
%K Stress echocardiography
%K Three dimensional stress echocardiography
%U http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hi/article/view/1733