Live 3D echocardiography: a replacement for traditional 2D echocardiography?

作者信息

Houck Robin C, Cooke Jason E, Gill Edward A

机构信息

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359748, 329 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104-2599, USA.

出版信息

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Oct;187(4):1092-106. doi: 10.2214/AJR.04.0857.

OBJECTIVE

We describe the development of real-time 3D imaging and review the previously used versions of 3D echocardiography so that the reader will appreciate why current developments truly do represent a quantum leap in the technology.

CONCLUSION

Three-dimensional echocardiography has now been shown to have several advantages over 2D echocardiography, particularly for volume measurements, visualization of septal defects, and whole-valve evaluation. Given these data, it is clear that 3D echocardiography is here to stay and soon will become part of routine echocardiographic examinations.