January 1, 2006Cardiology in the Young
Live three-dimensional paediatric intraoperative epicardial echocardiography as a guide to surgical repair of atrioventricular valves
Why the study?
Does live three-dimensional intraoperative epicardial echocardiography provide high-quality images and accurate diagnosis compared to surgical findings in children and young adults with congenital cardiac malformations?
Population
8 children or young adults with congenital cardiac malformations undergoing surgery, weight ranging from 2.8…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
Intraoperative
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Implication
Supports feasibility in small congenital cohorts; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before adoption.
Structured PICO
Does live three-dimensional intraoperative epicardial echocardiography provide high-quality images and accurate diagnosis compared to surgical findings in children and young adults with congenital cardiac malformations?
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Population
8 children or young adults with congenital cardiac malformations undergoing surgery, weight ranging from 2.8 to 70 kilograms
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Intervention
Live three-dimensional intraoperative epicardial echocardiography
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Outcome
Image quality and diagnostic accuracy compared to surgical findingssurrogate
Intraoperative epicardial three-dimensional echocardiography provides high-quality, rapidly analyzable images that closely match surgical findings in pediatric and young adult patients with congenital heart disease.
Cite This Study
Rawlins et al. (2006) studied this question.