title: Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography of the atrial septal defects.
abstract: Transesophageal echocardiography has advantages over transthoracic technique in defining morphology of atrial structures. Even though real time three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging is a reality, the off-line reconstruction technique usually allows to obtain higher spatial resolution images. The purpose of this study was to explore the accuracy of off-line three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in a spectrum of atrial septal defects by comparing them with representative anatomic specimens.
authors.affiliation: Echocardiography department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico. roldan@cardiologia.org.mx
authors.forename: Francisco-Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Roldán
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vargas-Barrón
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Antona
authors.forename: Luis Muñoz
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Castellanos
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erdmenger-Orellana
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romero-Cárdenas
authors.forename: Marco-Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez-Ríos
mesh_terms: D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans