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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Structure and Function using 3D Echocardiography
Published on: October 28, 2020
Real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography demonstrates size and extent of acute left ventricular free wall rupture
Stephen H Little1, Kumudha Ramasubbu, William A Zoghbi
1Methodist DeBakey Heart Center Echocardiography Laboratory, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Abstract:
We describe a patient with acute left ventricular wall rupture and pseudoaneurysm formation after myocardial infarction. We review the accuracy of 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography for detection of ventricular pseudoaneurysm and describe the use of real-time handheld 3-dimensional color Doppler echocardiography for the assessment of left ventricular rupture location, orifice geometry, and complex intracardiac flow before surgical correction.
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