title: Initial experience with live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: A new tool has been recently introduced to the echocardiography armamentarium, live/real time three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). In these cases, we describe our initial experience in 13 patients studied intraoperatively and in the echocardiography suite. This important technology promises improved anatomic definition, diagnostic confidence, and novel views of the complicated cardiovascular pathology encountered in common clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Koteswara R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Pothineni
authors.forename: Vatsal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Inamdar
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bandarupalli
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaurasia
authors.forename: James K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kirklin
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: McGiffin
authors.forename: Octavio E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Pajaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results