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DOI:10.2214/AJR.04.0857
AJR 2006; 187:1092-1106
© American Roentgen Ray Society

Review

Live 3D Echocardiography: A Replacement for Traditional 2D Echocardiography?

Robin C. Houck1,2, Jason E. Cooke1,3 and Edward A. Gill1

1 Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359748, 329 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104-2599.
2 Present address: Medicine Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
3 Present address: Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN.

OBJECTIVE. We describe the development of real-time 3D imaging and review the previously used versions of 3D echocardiography so that the reader will appreciate why current developments truly do represent a quantum leap in the technology.

CONCLUSION. Three-dimensional echocardiography has now been shown to have several advantages over 2D echocardiography, particularly for volume measurements, visualization of septal defects, and whole-valve evaluation. Given these data, it is clear that 3D echocardiography is here to stay and soon will become part of routine echocardiographic examinations.

Keywords: cardiovascular imaging • congenital malformations • echocardiography • heart


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