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Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Method for the Visualization and Assessment of Specific Parameters of the Pulmonary Veins
Published on: October 28, 2020
Congenital tricuspid valve blood cyst: imaging with three-dimensional contrast echocardiography
Julia Grapsa1, Wing-See Cheung, David Dawson
1Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK. jgrapsa@gmail.com
Abstract:
We describe the case of an 88-year-old woman who presented in WHO functional class III and breathless on exertion. She was investigated for pulmonary hypertension. However, two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a rounded mass attached to the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography with contrast microbubbles was the imaging modality of choice to characterise the cyst and to guide the decision as to the best therapeutic approach for the patient.
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