Live/Real Time Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of Pericardial Disease
| Autor: | Navin C. Nanda, Chung Yi Chang, Isha Gupta, Kumar Sanam, Fadi G. Hage, Kuo Chen Lee, Wei Hsian Yin, Carlos Martinez Hernandez, Upasana Sen, Onkar Deshmukh, Sung How Sue, Ming C. Hsiung, Jeng Wei, Preeti Singh, Nagwa Ahmed Abdel Rahman Aly, Monodeep Biswas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Constrictive pericarditis
medicine.medical_specialty Pericardial constriction business.industry medicine.disease Pericardial effusion PERICARDIAL CALCIFICATION medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine Pericardial diseases Cardiology Medicine Pericardium Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Pericardial disease Pericardial cyst |
| Zdroj: | Echocardiography. 26:1250-1263 |
| ISSN: | 0742-2822 |
| Popis: | We studied 19 patients with pericardial disease using two-dimensional and three-dimensional transthorathic echocardiography (2DTTE and 3DTTE, respectively) in order to determine whether 3DTTE provides incremental value on top of 2DTTE in the evaluation of these patients. With 3DTTE a more comprehensive assessment of pericardial effusion can be made and both the parietal and visceral layers of the pericardium can be visualized en face and examined for pathologies and fibrin deposits. In our series of patients, 3DTTE was superior to 2DTTE in uncovering mass lesions involving the pericardium such as tuberculous granulomas and metastatic disease. Furthermore, it provided a better assessment of the nature of pericardial lesions, such as pericardial and mediastinal hematomas, pericardial cysts, and metastatic disease to the pericardium by sequential cropping of the 3D data sets and visualizing the interior of the lesions in a manner not possible with 2DTTE. It was also valuable in determining the extent of pericardial calcification in pericardial constriction and in measuring the size of pericardial masses. These preliminary results suggest the superiority of 3DTTE over 2DTTE in the evaluation of pericardial diseases and that it provides incremental knowledge to the echocardiographer. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 26, November 2009) constrictive pericarditis, live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography, pericardial cyst, pericardial disease, pericardial disorders, pericardial effusion, three-dimensional echocardiography |
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