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Incremental value of live/real time three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography over the two‐dimensional technique in assessing carcinoid heart disease involving the aortic valve
Author(s) -
Serkan Bulur,
Hsiung Ming C.,
Nanda Navin C.,
Hardas Shalaka,
Mohamed Ahmed,
ElKaryoni Ahmed,
Srialluri Swetha,
Barssoum Kirolos,
Elsayed Mahmoud,
Wei Jeng,
Yin WeiHsian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13371
Subject(s) - carcinoid heart disease , medicine , cardiology , aortic valve , value (mathematics) , disease , radiology , carcinoid syndrome , mathematics , statistics
We present a case of an adult with metastatic carcinoid heart disease, in whom live/real time three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography provided incremental value over two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in assessing involvement of the aortic valve.