Espinola Zavaleta N, Javier Roldán F, Yánac Chávez P, Romero Cárdenas A, Vargas Barrón J
Departamento de Ecocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, 14080 México, D.F.
Arch Cardiol Mex. 2001 Jan-Mar;71(1):88-95.
Three-dimensional echocardiography represents a new era in the contemporary cardiology, because depicts the cardiac structures in their realistic forms. This information can not be obtained using a two-dimensional perspective. Although two-dimensional (2D) and M-mode echocardiography has greatly enhanced the ability to visualize the functioning heart for more than 30 years, 3D interpretative mental skills are necessary to compile the 2D slices of the complex 3D anatomy, particularly in congenital heart disease.
At present, its additional morphological and functional information in surgical decision-making and the increasing number of clinical questions than can be answered justify the clinical use of this technique. In the future it will the study of "virtual" pathologic anatomy.
三维超声心动图代表了当代心脏病学的一个新时代，因为它能以逼真的形式描绘心脏结构。而这一信息无法从二维视角获得。尽管二维（2D）和M型超声心动图在30多年来极大地提高了可视化心脏功能的能力，但要整合复杂三维解剖结构的二维切片，三维解读思维技能是必要的，尤其是在先天性心脏病方面。
目前，其在手术决策中额外的形态学和功能信息，以及能回答的临床问题数量不断增加，证明了该技术在临床上的应用价值。未来它将用于“虚拟”病理解剖学的研究。
