title: Interventional three-dimensional echocardiography: using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography to guide and evaluate intracardiac therapies.
abstract: Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) already has demonstrated its utility in guiding intracardiac procedures. This article discusses the advantages RT3DE has over the previous standard of 2D echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359748, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
authors.forename: Edward A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*