Three-dimensional echo for the assessment of valvular heart disease.
Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) is a valuable tool to be used in addition to and not instead of two-dimensional echocardiography by providing complementary information and improved quantitative accuracy and reproducibility compared with two-dimensional techniques. 3DE has the potential to become the standard echocardiographic examination procedure for the assessment of valvular disease. This article describes applications of 3DE.
Mumm
Bernhard
B
TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH, Edisonstrasse 6, Unterschleissheim 85716, Germany. bmumm@tomtec.de
Baumann
Rolf
R
Hyca
Martin
M
D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*