Real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography evaluation in a patient with congenital pulmonary vein stenosis.
Although real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (RD-3DTTE) has been used in children with complex congenital heart diseases, the benefit of RD-3DTTE as a vision of the pulmonary veins still requires further evaluation. We present here, a 3-year-old girl with a stenosis of the left upper pulmonary vein (LUPV). Excellent images were obtained rapidly by RD-3DTTE that successfully visualized the narrowing at the junction of the LUPV. The result was demonstrated by MRI, cardiac catheterization, and operation. RD-3DTTE is a feasible and promising technique in evaluating pulmonary veins in children.
Jing-Jing
Ye
Y
Department of Ultrasonography, The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University, and Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Therapy of Neonatal Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China.
Wei-ze
Xu
X
Qiang
Shu
S
Jian-hua
Li
L
Xi-Wang
Liu
L
Guo-ping
Jiang
J
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003199:Computer Systems; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*