Roldán FJ, Vargas-Barrón J, Vázquez-Antona C, Castellanos LM, Erdmenger-Orellana J, Romero-Cárdenas A, Martínez-Ríos MA. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography of the atrial septal defects.
Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2008;
6:38. [PMID:
18638394 PMCID:
PMC2526079 DOI:
10.1186/1476-7120-6-38]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2008] [Accepted: 07/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Transesophageal echocardiography has advantages over transthoracic technique in defining morphology of atrial structures. Even though real time three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging is a reality, the off-line reconstruction technique usually allows to obtain higher spatial resolution images. The purpose of this study was to explore the accuracy of off-line three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in a spectrum of atrial septal defects by comparing them with representative anatomic specimens.
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