Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography of the atrial septal defects

doi:10.1186/1476-7120-6-38

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography of the atrial septal defects

Francisco-Javier Roldán¹ , Jesús Vargas-Barrón¹ , Clara Vázquez-Antona¹ , Luis Muñoz Castellanos² , Julio Erdmenger-Orellana¹ , Ángel Romero-Cárdenas¹ and Marco-Antonio Martínez-Ríos³

¹Echocardiography department. Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez", Mexico City, Mexico

²Embryology department. Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez", Mexico City, Mexico

³Catheterization laboratory. Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez", Mexico City, Mexico

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6:38doi:10.1186/1476-7120-6-38


Published:	18 July 2008

Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiography has advantages over transthoracic technique in defining morphology of atrial structures. Even though real time three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging is a reality, the off-line reconstruction technique usually allows to obtain higher spatial resolution images. The purpose of this study was to explore the accuracy of off-line three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in a spectrum of atrial septal defects by comparing them with representative anatomic specimens.