Textbook of Real-Time Three Dimensional Echocardiography

Description

Tremendous improvements in ultrasound technology have led to development of one of the most impressive advancements in the use of ultrasound to assess cardiac morphology and function: three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE). During the last decade, 3DE has made a dramatic transition from a predominantly research tool used in few large academic medical centers to a technology available in most echocardiography laboratories, cardiac surgery operating rooms and catheterization and/or electrophysiology labs to address everyday clinical practice and guide interventional procedures. 3DE is now an established technique able to provide intuitive recognition of cardiac structures from any spatial point of view and complete information about absolute heart chamber volumes and function. In particular, 3DE has demonstrated its superiority over current echocardiographic modalities in a number of clinical applications. The Textbook of Real-Time Three Dimensional Echocardiography is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the normal anatomy of the heart as seen by this new revolutionary ultrasound technique, and focusing on the clinical value of transthoracic 3DE and on the expanding role of transesophageal 3DE in guiding and monitoring surgical and interventional procedures. For echocardiographers who already use 3DE, the more advanced applications of 3DE are presented in detail. For those looking to learn 3DE, the Editors and their contributors have provided hundreds of images and videos in an that show the added clinical value of 3D imaging of cardiac structures. This textbook is therefore written not only for cardiologists specifically involved in the imaging of patients but also for general cardiologists, since it offers a wider clinical view of normal and pathological cardiac anatomy. Front Matter....Pages i-xii The Evolution of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography: How Did It Happen....Pages 1-8 Technical Principles of Transthoracic Three-Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 9-24 3D Transesophageal Echocardiographic Technologies....Pages 25-32 Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Clinical Practice....Pages 33-44 Advanced Evaluation of LV Function with 3D Echocardiography....Pages 45-53 Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Mitral Valve....Pages 55-62 Three Dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation of LV Dyssynchrony and Stress Testing....Pages 63-80 Three-Dimensional Echocardiography of Aortic Valve....Pages 81-95 Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Right Ventricle....Pages 97-101 Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease....Pages 103-110 Three-Dimensional Echocardiography to Assess Intra-cardiac Masses....Pages 111-119 Real Time Three Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography for Guidance of Catheter Based Interventions....Pages 121-133 Future Developments of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 135-138 Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography....Pages 139-146 The Role of Echocardiography in the Surgical Management of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease....Pages 147-159 Visualization and Assessment of Coronary Arteries with Three Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 161-171 Assessment of Tricuspid Valve Morphology and Function....Pages 173-182 Role of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Drug Trials....Pages 183-192 Back Matter....Pages 193-198