Live/Real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of inferior vena cava and hepatic vein thrombosis in sickle cell disease.
We describe the value of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (3DTTE) over two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2DTTE) in the assessment of inferior vena cava (IVC) and hepatic vein (HV) obstruction in a patient with sickle cell disease. 3DTTE provided additional information when compared to 2DTTE by (1) identifying the obstructing lesion as a likely thrombus, (2) by providing assessment of anatomical severity of IVC lumen obstruction since the thrombus could be visualized en face also, and (3) identifying an area of increased mobility of a portion of the thrombus suggesting greater risk of embolization. (Echocardiography 2010;27:594-596).
Singh
Balwinder
B
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Kuruba
Mahesh
M
Singh
Preeti
P
Hernandez
Carlos Martinez
CM
Waseemuddin
Mohammed
M
Nanda
Navin C
NC
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology