Echocardiography overestimates left ventricular mass

Abstract

Our study has shown major differences in LVM estimated using methods based on one-dimensional (echocardiography) compared with three-dimensional (MRI) data. These differences seem to be largely the result of the geometrical assumptions on which M-mode measurements are based. Our findings have important clinical implications for the assessment of the severity and response to treatment of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients.