Carlos Martinez Hernandez, Preeti Singh, Fadi G Hage, Navin C Nanda, Ming C Hsiung, Jeng Wei, Chung Yi Chang, Kuo Chen Lee, Sung How Sue, Wei Hsian Yin, Nagwa Ahmed Abdel Rahman Aly, Onkar Deshmukh, Monodeep Biswas, Isha Gupta, Kumar Sanam, Upasana Sen
We studied 19 patients with pericardial disease using two-dimensional and three-dimensional transthorathic echocardiography (2DTTE and 3DTTE, respectively) in order to determine whether 3DTTE provides incremental value on top of 2DTTE in the evaluation of these patients. With 3DTTE a more comprehensive assessment of pericardial effusion can be made and both the parietal and visceral layers of the pericardium can be visualized en face and examined for pathologies and fibrin deposits. In our series of patients, 3DTTE was superior to 2DTTE in uncovering mass lesions involving the pericardium such as tuberculous granulomas and metastatic disease...
November 2009: Echocardiography