Clinical application ofreal time three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

2008 
:Objective To investigatethe feasibility and clinical application of real-time threedimensional transesophagealechocardiography(RT3D-TEE). Methods Fifty-nine patients with various heart diseases wereexamined or monitored by RT3D-TEE.Among them,20 patients with different kinds ofarrhythmias,24 patients with valvular heart diseases, 12 patients with congenital heartdiseases,2 patients with aortic dissection, 1 with unexplained pulmonary hypertension.Results RT3D-TEE was performed successfully in all the patients with good image qualityand the normal tissues as well as diseased cardiac structures were distinctlydisplayed.Conclusions RT3D-TEE is a safe and reliable new technique which can be appliedin the patients with poor acoustic window and may be a powerful tool in the intraoperativemonitoring.RT3D-TEE is also an important supplement to real time three dimensionaltransthoracic echocardiography and makes it possible for the first time to monitor thecardiac operation with RT3D-TEE without interrupting the operation procedure.
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