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Real Time Three‐Dimensional Echocardiography for the Evaluation of Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Hage Fadi G.,
Dean Phillip,
Raslan Saleem,
Nanda Navin C.
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8175.2011.01566.x
Subject(s) - cardiomyopathy , medicine , cardiology , radiology , heart failure
Cardiomyopathy refers to a set of diseases that are characterized by myocardial dysfunction. Classically, two‐dimensional echocardiography has been used in the diagnosis of these disorders and to help guide their management. Three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography is now increasingly being used in the diagnosis, management, and prognostication of intrinsic cardiomyopathies. In this article, we summarize the available data on the use of three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in various forms of intrinsic cardiomyopathy as well as some of its advantages over traditional two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. (Echocardiography 2012;29:76‐87)