title: Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in diagnosing acquired left ventricular-right atrial communication misdiagnosed as severe pulmonary hypertension by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
abstract: We describe an adult patient with an acquired left ventricular-right atrial communication that was misdiagnosed as severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) by two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiography, but accurately detected on three-dimensional (3D) transthoracic echocardiography. Open heart surgery confirmed the defect.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hansalia
authors.forename: Jayaprakash
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manda
authors.forename: Koteswara Rao
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Pothineni
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged