[Three-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of cardiopathies].
The ability to visualize with dynamic 3D views the images obtained from the 2D study was the obviously next step in the evolution of echocardiography. Today, thanks to the technological evolution, the capability of obtaining and processing images with computers support has emerged with a great potential. Three-dimensional echocardiography facilitates spatial recognition of intracardiac structures, is surpassing the experimental phase quickly and its accuracy has been validated in vivo.
Roldán
Francisco-Javier
FJ
Dpto. de Ecocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14080 México, D. F. roldan@cardiologia.org.mx
Vargas-Barrón
Jesús
J
D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans