Why the study?
Does an internally rotating 5-MHz omniplane transthoracic transducer allow for successful and rapid 3D echocardiographic image acquisition in pediatric patients?
Population
50 pediatric patients (aged 1 day to 16 years) with 22 different cardiac pathological conditions.
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support rapid 3D echo in children; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Does an internally rotating 5-MHz omniplane transthoracic transducer allow for successful and rapid 3D echocardiographic image acquisition in pediatric patients?
An internally rotating 3D echocardiographic probe enables rapid, reliable, and high-quality 3D image acquisition and reconstruction in pediatric patients.
Papavassiliou et al. (1998) studied this question.
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