title: Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography: never before clinical efficacy looked so picturesque.
abstract: Over the years echocardiography has served the clinical cardiologist in a variety of clinical scenarios, assisting in patient diagnostic and therapeutic managements. With the advent of novel imaging modalities we now experience the renascence of imaging. As a result, the field of cardiovascular medicine is strongly connected to imaging, which in turn requires thorough knowledge of each modality's distinct advantages and limitations. In this concise review we present up-to-date knowledge with regard to real-time three-dimensional echocardiography and its implementation in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, University of Athens Medical School, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Constantina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aggeli
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, University of Athens Medical School, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Felekos
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, University of Athens Medical School, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kastellanos
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, University of Athens Medical School, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Vassiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panagopoulou
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, University of Athens Medical School, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oikonomou
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, University of Athens Medical School, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsiamis
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, University of Athens Medical School, "Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: drtousoulis@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
mesh_terms: D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012984:Software; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography