Key result
Three-dimensional echocardiography provides more specific details on valve morphology and function than 2D echocardiography, helping surgeons plan procedures for postendocarditic lesions.
Why the study?
Does three-dimensional (3D) transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography improve the evaluation of mitral and aortic valve postendocarditic lesions compared to two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography?
Population
Patients with mitral and aortic valve postendocarditic lesions
Comparison
Three-dimensional transthoracic and… vs Two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography
Design
Review
Authors
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May refine valve assessment and surgical planning; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does three-dimensional (3D) transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography improve the evaluation of mitral and aortic valve postendocarditic lesions compared to two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography?
Three-dimensional echocardiography provides more specific details regarding valve morphology and function than two-dimensional echocardiography, facilitating surgical planning for postendocarditic lesions.
Ionac et al. (2008) studied this question. Three-dimensional echocardiography provides more specific details on valve morphology and function than 2D echocardiography, helping surgeons plan procedures for postendocarditic lesions.
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