[Use of transthoracic 3D-echocardiography in congenital heart disease].
3D-echocardiography using a matrix array transducer was performed in 112 patients. In 98 patients (87.5 %) we were able to acquire adequate 3D-data. The mean time for the 3D-examination was 5.5 min. In valve lesions, septal defects and complex cyanotic heart disease 3D-echocardiography was a confident and helpful innovation for better assessment of the intracardiac morphology in pediatric patients. We conclude that 3D-echocardiography is a useful addition to the conventional 2D-echocardiography.
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Zentrum der Kinderheilkunde der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main. anoosh.esmaeili@kgu.de
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014159:Transducers