Table 5.
Echo Image Quality in Relation to LV Thrombus Detection*
| Cumulative Image Quality | LV Cavity Artifacts | Endocardial Definition | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||||||||
| Overall Popula tion† |
Concor dant with DE- CMR |
Discor dant with DE- CMR |
P | Overall Popula tion |
Concor dant with DE- CMR |
Discor dant with DE- CMR |
P | Overall Popula tion |
Concor dant with DE- CMR |
Discor dant with DE- CMR |
P | |
| Non-Contrast Echo | 79.5% (159) |
81.7% (152) |
50.0% (7) |
0.01 | 85.6% (172) |
87.7% (164) |
57.1% (8) |
0.007 | 80.5% (161) |
82.8% (154) |
50.0% (7) |
0.008 |
| Contrast Echo | 86.3% (164) |
86.3% (158) |
85.7% (6) |
1.00 | 90.0% (171) |
90.2% (165) |
85.7% (6) |
0.53 | 93.2% (177) |
93.4% (171) |
85.7% (6) |
0.40 |
*
Data reported as % of patients with optimal echo image quality defined based on maximum cumulative image quality score as well as its constitutive parameters of endocardial definition and LV cavity artifacts. See text for details.