title: Successful three-dimensional reconstruction using transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with a left atrial myxoma.
abstract: Two-dimensional echocardiography can provide intracardiac images. However, the cross-sectional images require mental reconstruction to understand a three-dimensional intracardiac structure. It is sometimes hard for inexperienced echocardiographers to engage in reconstruction. Thus, three-dimensional echocardiography is potentially beneficial because these images can provide extra information without mental reconstruction. Herein we demonstrate three-dimensional reconstruction using transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with a left atrial myxoma. It contributed to clarifying the surgical considerations, including whether the tumor was adhering to the left atrium or the mitral valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sumiyoshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosoda
mesh_terms: D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*