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Usefulness of Live/Real Time Three‐Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography in Diagnosing Acquired Left Ventricular‐Right Atrial Communication Misdiagnosed as Severe Pulmonary Hypertension by Two‐Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Hansalia Sachin,
Manda Jayaprakash,
Pothineni Koteswara Rao,
Nanda Navin C.
Publication year - 2009
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.1540-8175.2008.00861.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pulmonary hypertension , transthoracic echocardiogram , radiology
We describe an adult patient with an acquired left ventricular‐right atrial communication that was misdiagnosed as severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) by two‐dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiography, but accurately detected on three‐dimensional (3D) transthoracic echocardiography. Open heart surgery confirmed the defect .