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Real‐Time Three‐Dimensional Stress Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Takuma Shin,
Cardinale Carol,
Homma Shunichi
Publication year - 2000
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.1540-8175.2000.tb01239.x
Subject(s) - parasternal line , ventricle , coronary artery disease , medicine , stress echocardiography , cardiology , stress testing (software) , volume (thermodynamics) , data set , radiology , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Cardiovascular stress testing plays a crucial role in the initial detection of coronary artery disease. In exercise stress echocardiography, the rapid acquisition of echocardiography images is critical for accuracy. Real‐time three‐dimensional echocardiography permits the rapid acquisition of a volumetric data set that includes the entire left ventricle and allows the review of multiple, standard two‐dimensional images from a single volumetric data set. Volumetric data can be obtained using both apical and parasternal windows. Often, satisfactory images are obtained in the majority of both prestress and poststress imaging using only an apical volume set. The following is a review of the current applications of real‐time three‐dimensional echocardiography in stress testing.