The value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in evaluating left ventricular function for different degrees of heart failure

Objective:To explore the value and feasibility of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography(RT-3DE)in evaluating left ventricular function in patients with different degrees of heart failure.Methods:The 60 heart failure patients in the case group were divided into three subgroups according to the New York Heart Association(NYHA)classification:12 cases of cardiac function gradeⅡ,35 cases of cardiac function gradeⅢ,13 cases of cardiac function grade IV,and the other 30 cases of healthy subjects as control group.Compare the left ventricular end-diastolic volume(LVEDV),left ventricular end-systolic volume(LVESV),left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF),and left ventricular 16,12,and 6 segments reaching the minimum systolic volume time standard deviation standardized value(Tmsv SD%),left ventricular 16,12 and 6 segments reaching the minimum systolic volume time standardized values of the maximum difference(Tmsv DIF%),analysis of the correlation between the above left ventricular function-related parameters and cardiac function grading.Results:(1)There were statistically significant differences in LVEDV and LVESV between each group(p<0.001).There was no statistically significant difference in LVEF between the cardiac function gradeⅡgroup and the control group,and between the grade IV group and the gradeⅢgroup(p=0.094 and 0.246).(2)compared with the control group,all parameters related to RT-3DE evaluation of left ventricular synchronization were prolonged in the case group,and the difference was statistically significant(p<0.001).The differences of Tmsv 16-SD%and Tmsv 16-DIF%in each subgroup of the case group were statistically significant(p<0.001).(3)LVEF was negatively correlated with NYHA classification of cardiac function(rs=-0.779,p<0.001),and LVEDV,LVESV,Tmsv 16-SD%,Tmsv 12-SD%,Tmsv 6-SD%,Tmsv 16-DIF%,Tmsv 12-DIF%,Tmsv 6-DIF%were positively correlated with NYHA function classification,showing strong correlation(rs=0.710,0.785,0.885,0.675,0.605,0.885,0.695,0.622,p<0.001),among them,Tmsv 16-SD%and Tmsv 16-Dif%have the highest correlation.Conclusion:RT-3DE can comprehensively evaluate the impairment of cardiac function.The measured parameters of left ventricular function are strongly correlated with cardiac function classification,which has impo-rtant application value for clinical judgment of the severity of heartfailure.