title: Can transthoracic live 3-dimensional echocardiography improve the recognition of midventricular obliteration in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy?
abstract: In this report the authors analyzed the usefulness of live 3-dimensional echocardiography in association with conventional 2-dimensional method to improve the recognition of left ventricular midcavitary obliteration in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy. cesaredegregorio@alice.it
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Gregorio
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Recupero
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coglitore
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003199:Computer Systems; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*