Current status of three-dimensional color flow Doppler.
Three-dimensional (3D) color Doppler echocardiography is a relatively new noninvasive tool that displays and quantitates regurgitant flow and also enables estimation of cardiac output, stroke volume, pulmonary outflow, and shunt calculations. This article provides an overview of the current methodology of 3D color flow, and its advantages and limitations.
Sugeng
Lissa
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Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, MC 5084, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. lsugeng@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Lang
Roberto M
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D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000502:physiology*