title: Real time three-dimensional echocardiography for the evaluation of cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Cardiomyopathy refers to a set of diseases that are characterized by myocardial dysfunction. Classically, two-dimensional echocardiography has been used in the diagnosis of these disorders and to help guide their management. Three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography is now increasingly being used in the diagnosis, management, and prognostication of intrinsic cardiomyopathies. In this article, we summarize the available data on the use of three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in various forms of intrinsic cardiomyopathy as well as some of its advantages over traditional two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Fadi G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Hage
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raslan
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003199:Computer Systems; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*