Sreeram N, de Bruijn D, Hitchcock J F
Department of Cardiology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Int J Cardiol. 1998 Oct 30;66(3):309-11. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00229-0.
Three consecutive patients (median age 5 years; median weight 15 kg) with double chambered right ventricle (DCRV) were studied by multiplane transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE), using a specially designed paediatric probe. Using a 30 degrees angulation from the longitudinal plane, the body and outflow tract of the right ventricle could be imaged with minimal foreshortening, allowing detailed description of the level and nature of obstruction. In all cases, angiography and subsequent surgical inspection confirmed the TOE findings. Multiplane TOE should avoid the necessity for angiography in the preoperative assessment of this unusual lesion.
对连续3例双腔右心室（DCRV）患者（中位年龄5岁；中位体重15千克）进行了研究，使用专门设计的儿科探头通过多平面经食管超声心动图（TOE）进行检查。从纵平面成30度角，右心室的主体和流出道可以在最小程度的缩短情况下成像，从而能够详细描述梗阻的水平和性质。在所有病例中，血管造影及随后的手术检查均证实了TOE的检查结果。在对这种罕见病变进行术前评估时，多平面TOE应可避免进行血管造影的必要性。
