Left Ventricle Myocardial Mass

Purpose	Measure myocardial mass on left ventricle
Tag(s)	#LV Functional Assessment
Panel	Cardiac
Define-AI ID	18040009
Originator	Carlo De Cecco
Panel Chair	Carlo De Cecco
Panel Reviewers	Cardiac Panel
License	Creative Commons 4.0
Status	Published

Clinical Implementation

Value Proposition

The measurement of left ventricular (LV) function is a well-established clinical parameter that has fundamental diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic implications. Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) allow for accurate LV morphological and functional assessment. Automated LV function quantification would save the interpreting physician time by eliminating manual measurements, preventing detection errors, and providing structured quantitative data, which could then be used in later studies or risk-stratification schemes.

Narrative(s)

All patients undergoing CCTA or CMR examinations should have automated quantification of LV function if data are available, which may then be automatically populated into the radiology report or a report supplement.

Workflow Description

A patient receives ECG-synchronized CCTA of the heart. An algorithm retrieves the imaging data set and may also ingest other electronic medical records (EMR) data such as age, sex, and body surface area (BSA). The algorithm calculates the absolute LV myocardial mass and BSA-indexed LV myocardial mass.

Considerations for Dataset Development

Procedures(s): ECG-synchronized cardiac CT

 

View(s): CCTA: Any volumetric imaging data set

 

Sex at Birth: {Male, Female}

 

Age: [15,90]

 

Body Surface Area: varied

 

Heart Abnormalities: {Congenital heart disease, ventricular septal defects, congenital heart disease repair, mitral valve replacements}

 

Contrast Material: {Contrast-enhanced (CCTA), non-contrast enhanced applications}

Technical Specifications

Inputs

DICOM Study

Procedure	ECG-synchronized cardiac CT
Views	CCTA: Any volumetric imaging data set
Data Type	DICOM
Modality	CT
Body Region	Chest
Anatomic Focus	Heart

 

Primary Outputs

Myocardial Mass

RadElement ID	RDE304
Definition	LV myocardial mass measurement (g)
Data Type	Numeric
Value Set	[50,200]
Units	g

 

Indexed Myocardial Mass

RadElement ID	RDE305
Definition	LV myocardial mass measurement indexed to body surface area (g/m2)
Data Type	Numeric
Value Set	[30,100]
Units	g/m2

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