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We present two- and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic findings of two adult patients who presented for reoperation after previous repair of a partial atrioventricular (AV) septal defect. Both patients had a cleft in the left AV valve with severe regurgitation. One patient had an additional 10 x 5 mm defect connecting the left ventricle to the right atrium through the AV junction. Three-dimensional echocardiography was superior to two-dimensional echocardiography in comprehensively delineating the anatomical defects in the left AV valve and the AV junction.
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Ecocardiografia Tridimensional , Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana , Comunicação Interatrial/diagnóstico por imagem , Comunicação Interventricular/diagnóstico por imagem , Adulto , Feminino , Comunicação Interatrial/cirurgia , Comunicação Interventricular/cirurgia , Humanos , ReoperaçãoRESUMO
We discuss the case of a patient with stroke in whom severe stenosis at the origin of the left vertebral artery was identified by transesophageal echocardiography and subsequently confirmed with conventional angiography.
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Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana , Ventrículos do Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Ventrículos do Coração/patologia , Insuficiência Vertebrobasilar/diagnóstico , Artéria Carótida Interna/diagnóstico por imagem , Artéria Carótida Interna/patologia , Estenose das Carótidas/diagnóstico , Infarto Cerebral/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
To our knowledge, we report the first cases of successful three-dimensional reconstruction of the left common, internal, and external carotid arteries using color Doppler transpharyngeal echocardiography.
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Artéria Carótida Externa/diagnóstico por imagem , Artéria Carótida Interna/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença das Coronárias/diagnóstico por imagem , Adulto , Ecocardiografia Doppler em Cores/métodos , Ecocardiografia Tridimensional/métodos , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
This preliminary study demonstrates the feasibility of examining the proximal segments of the branches of the left subclavian artery during probe withdrawal toward the end of a routine transesophageal echocardiographic study. The branches identified most commonly were the vertebral and the internal mammary arteries.
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The incremental value of three-dimensional echocardiography over transesophageal multiplane two-dimensional imaging in the assessment of sinus venosus atrial septal defect is demonstrated in the present study.
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Three-dimensional echocardiographic findings in cor triatriatum sinister (sinistrum), cor triatriatum dexter, mitral supravalvular membrane, and atrial baffle are presented.
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In the present study, we report our experience of using three-dimensional reconstruction of transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiographic images in the assessment of aortic dissection (22 patients), aortic rupture (1 patient), aortic aneurysm without dissection (2 patients), and aortic tumor (1 patient).
