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Real‐time 3‐dimensional echocardiographic features of fetal cardiac tumor
Author(s) -
Hata Toshiyuki,
Yan Fang,
Dai ShuYan,
Kanenishi Kenji,
Yanagihara Toshihiro
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20324
Subject(s) - medicine , interventricular septum , cardiac tumors , fetus , cardiology , cardiac imaging , ultrasound , fetal echocardiography , radiology , right atrium , left atrium , cardiac cycle , prenatal diagnosis , pregnancy , ventricle , biology , genetics , atrial fibrillation
We present a case of fetal cardiac tumors diagnosed using conventional 2‐dimensional (2D) fetal echocardiography and real‐time 3‐dimensional (3D) echocardiography. Conventional 2D echocardiography revealed multiple cardiac tumors involving the right atrium, interventricular septum, and right and left ventricles. Real‐time 3D echocardiography with instantaneous volume rendering showed the cardiac tumors in motion. The advantages and disadvantages of real‐time 3D fetal echocardiography are discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2007