Elsevier

American Heart Journal

Volume 132, Issue 5, November 1996, Pages 1020-1027
American Heart Journal

Clinical investigation
Assessment of quantitative hypertrophy scores in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Magnetic resonance imaging versus echocardiography

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Abstract

To compare the diagnostic value of spin-echo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and transthoracic echocardiography in quantitative assessment of the extent of hypertrophy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), we examined 52 consecutive patients with HCM. The Spirito-Maron and Wigle hypertrophy scores were calculated with wall thickness measurements obtained by both imaging modalities. MR imaging yielded complete assessment of anatomic features and allowed calculation of hypertrophy scores in 49 patients (94%). Adequate echocardiograms were obtained in 33 patients (63%) and correlated well with MR imaging for wall thickness measurements and for determination of the two hypertrophy scores (both r > 0.9). MR imaging provided additional information not available by echocardiography in 16 patients (31%). We conclude that the Spirito-Maron and Wigle hypertrophy scores correlated well between echocardiography and MR imaging. Because echocardiography was of insufficient quality for calculating adequate hypertrophy scores in 19 (37%) patients, MR imaging provided the most comprehensive diagnostic information in patients with HCM.

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