PMID: 7036703Feb 1, 1982Paper

Advantages of the caudocranial left anterior oblique left ventriculogram in adult heart disease

The American Journal of Cardiology
L P ElliottS E Papapietro

Abstract

Biplane axial left cineventriculography represents the most accurate diagnostic technique for evaluating acquired and congenital heart disease. However, data have accumulated to indicate that without angled views of the left ventricle, the diagnosis will be incomplete and inaccurate in a significant number of patients. Left ventriculography is the acknowledged standard for left ventricular performance. However, comparison of the conventional or nonangled left anterior oblique left ventriculogram with the angled views of the left ventricle obtained with either two dimensional ultrasound or radionuclide left ventriculography may in many cases be invalid because dissimilar views are compared. The cranial-left anterior oblique view allows more accurate assessment of the precise degree and extent of asynergy, left ventricular aneurysms and ventricular septal defects. Left ventricular outflow tract abnormalities such as discrete subaortic stenosis and the obstructive form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can easily be distinguished. Lesions involving the mitral valve, especially mitral valve prolapse, are readily evaluated. Lastly, comparison with noninvasive tests of left ventricular performance can be more accurately performed.

Citations

Aug 25, 2010·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·Joshua Andrew VechtRomeo Jacques Vecht
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