Key result
Real-time 3D stress echocardiography, particularly using the triplane mode, provides a time-saving and geometrically accurate alternative to standard 2D imaging for assessing myocardial ischemia.
Why the study?
Understanding cardiac volume from two-dimensional images requires complex knowledge and approximation interactions, driving the need for real-time three-dimensional imaging.
Real-time 3D stress echocardiography, particularly using triplane imaging, can improve workflow efficiency and reduce examiner strain compared to traditional 2D methods.
3D echo may aid volumetric assessment in select cases; leaves open need for prospective validation before broader adoption.
The need to examine the heart using a three-dimensional (3D) tool is not new. This complex and dynamic organ has always required 3D and real-time understanding. Without this feature, the examiner has to transform two-dimensional images to understand its volume, which requires complex knowledge and approximation interactions. Echocardiography was invented three decades ago, and its improvements resulted in commercial products at the beginning of the century. Some studies demonstrate 3D equivalence with gains in handling the necessary time. We use triplane modalities in our routine, with time gain and less stress on the examiner’s upper limb. Thus, 3D examinations can answer more complex questions and provide a more geometric approach to contraction, with thickening being analyzed in the background.
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Matos‐Souza et al. (2022) conducted a review in Myocardial ischemia. Real-time 3D stress echocardiography vs. 2D stress echocardiography was evaluated. Real-time 3D stress echocardiography, particularly using the triplane mode, provides a time-saving and geometrically accurate alternative to standard 2D imaging for assessing myocardial ischemia.
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