Incremental value of live/real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of ventricular septal rupture following acute myocardial infarction

Ventricular septal rupture is a serious complication following acute myocardial infarctions and is associated with a significant mortality rate. Classically, two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography has been used to diagnose this complication and visualize its location. Two‐dimensional transes...

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Published in:	Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 34; no. 11; pp. 1680 - 1686
Main Authors:	Arisha, Mohammed J., Hsiung, Ming C., Nanda, Navin C., Serkan, Bulur, Ahmad, Amier, Elkaryoni, Ahmed, Elsayed, Mahmoud, Adana, Leilani, Turaga, Shravan, Guler, Emel, Alagic, Nermina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-11-2017
Subjects:	Acute Disease Aged Aged, 80 and over Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional - methods Echocardiography, Transesophageal - methods Female Humans Male Middle Aged myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - complications Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging Reproducibility of Results three‐dimensional echocardiography three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography two‐dimensional echocardiography two‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography ventricular septal rupture Ventricular Septal Rupture - diagnostic imaging Ventricular Septal Rupture - etiology Ventricular Septum - diagnostic imaging Ventricular Septum - injuries two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography ventricular septal rupture three-dimensional echocardiography myocardial infarction three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography two-dimensional echocardiography
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Summary:	Ventricular septal rupture is a serious complication following acute myocardial infarctions and is associated with a significant mortality rate. Classically, two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography has been used to diagnose this complication and visualize its location. Two‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography has supplemented the transthoracic approach by providing more accurate assessment of the defect size and in guiding closure both percutaneously and intraoperatively. This modality, however, is limited to two‐dimensional views only, and a greater breadth of information is instead available through the use of three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. We present a series of 11 patients in which live/real time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography offered incremental benefits over two‐dimensional imaging alone.
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ISSN:	0742-2822 1540-8175
DOI:	10.1111/echo.13736