title: Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the assessment of descending thoracic aorta graft dehiscence.
abstract: We report the usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography to identify endovascular graft showing leakage not visualized using two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Himanshu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: Balwinder
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Marcus J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wade
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000637:transplantation*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D003199:Computer Systems; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*