Background Accurate visualization of cardiac valves and lesions by three-dimensional (3D)
echocardiography is integral for optimal guidance of structural procedures and appropriate …

CONVENTIONAL 3-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC RENDERING DOES NOT
CONSISTENTLY provide images with adequate detail definition and depth perception …

Transcatheter mitral valve interventions (TMVI) have established as an alternative to surgery
in selected cases. Transesophageal echocardiography is crucial to perform detailed …

Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiographic imaging has been introduced as a tool to
improve the assessment of both morphologic and functional parameters of the …

Continuous technology improvements have led to real-time full-volume 3D imaging that is
no longer prone to the artifact issues encountered with gated 3D imaging. Additional …

Three-dimensional echocardiography facilitates spatial recognition of intracardiac
structures, potentially enhancing diagnostic confidence of conventional echocardiography …

Threedimensional echocardiography is a novel imaging technique based on acquisition
and display of volumetric data sets in the beating heart. This permits a comprehensive …

The use of cardiac ultrasound is fundamental to the understanding of normal heart function
and crucial to pathophysiological diagnosis. The growing availability of 3D …

The complex anatomy of cardiac structures requires three-dimensional spatial orientation of
images for a better understanding of structure and function, thereby improving image …

Background Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) makes it possible to capture the
entire heart in a single data set that theoretically could be used to extract any two …