Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography of the atrial septal defects.
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.
Roldán
Francisco-Javier
FJ
Echocardiography department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico. roldan@cardiologia.org.mx
Vargas-Barrón
Jesús
J
Vázquez-Antona
Clara
C
Castellanos
Luis Muñoz
LM
Erdmenger-Orellana
Julio
J
Romero-Cárdenas
Angel
A
Martínez-Ríos
Marco-Antonio
MA
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