title: Core review: three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography is a major advance for intraoperative clinical management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a core review.
abstract: Echocardiography is a key assessment tool for the evaluation of cardiac structure and function. The ability to image cardiac structures using 3-dimensional (3D) echocardiography is evolving. In this article, we present some of the key features of the emerging 3D technology and review its applications with an emphasis on real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Eaton North Wing 3-406, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4. annette.vegas@uhn.on.c
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vegas
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meineri
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003626:Data Display; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery