Initial experience with live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
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.
Pothineni
Koteswara R
KR
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
Inamdar
Vatsal
V
Miller
Andrew P
AP
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Bandarupalli
Naveen
N
Chaurasia
Preeti
P
Kirklin
James K
JK
McGiffin
David C
DC
Pajaro
Octavio E
OE
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