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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of atrial septal defects
Charles German, Navin C Nanda1
1Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Abstract:
Echocardiography provides a useful tool in the diagnosis of many congenital heart diseases, including atrial septal defects, and aids in further delineating treatment options. Although two-dimensional echocardiography has been the standard of care in this regard, technological advancements have made three-dimensional echocardiography possible, and the images obtained in this new imaging modality are able to accurately portray the morphology, location, dimensions, and dynamic changes of defects and many other heart structures during the cardiac cycle.
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