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Clinical Potential of Three‐Dimensional Echocardiography in Endocarditis
Author(s) -
PANDIAN NATESA G.,
CAO QILING,
VOGEL MICHAEL,
LUDOMIRSKI ACHI,
SCHWARTZ STEVEN L.
Publication year - 1995
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/j.1540-8175.1995.tb00856.x
Subject(s) - endocarditis , medicine , radiology , cardiology
All lesions associated with endocarditis are three dimensional (3‐D). Transthoracic and trans‐esophageal echocardiographic techniques, while highly useful in endocarditis, yield only two‐dimensional (2‐D) data. The newly evolving method of 3‐D echocardiography that provides volume and surface rendered reconstructions could be helpful in endocarditis. The clinical feasibility of 3‐D echocardiography and its ability to display valvular and other cardiac structures have been recently demonstrated. Early experience suggests that vegetations, damaged valves, and other abnormalities could be delineated well by this method in viewing projections unavailable by current clinical techniques. Ongoing refinements in data acquisition, image processing, and display are likely to make 3‐D echocardiography a clinically valuable tool, aiding in enhanced diagnostic appraisal of disorders such as endocarditis, and in making therapeutic decisions.