title: Three-dimensional echocardiography enhances the assessment of ventricular septal defect.
abstract: By 3-dimensional echocardiography, the location, relation to the aortic and tricuspid valve, and the size of the ventricular septal defect was assessed and compared with 2-dimensional echocardiography and intraoperative findings. We concluded that 3-dimensional echocardiography accurately assesses the anatomy of the ventricular septal defect, provides additional information, and can be considered a valuable preoperative diagnostic tool.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dall'Agata
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cromme-Dijkhuis
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Meijboom
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: McGhie
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bol-Raap
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Nosir
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Roelandt
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bogers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging