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New and established aspects of cardiological diagnostics using TEE : Do we need 3D technology in clinical routine?
Authors: Hagendorff A, Stoebe S, Jurisch D, Neef M, Metze M, Pfeiffer D Abstract In comparison to transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) enables an acquisition of images with better spatial resolution due to the use of higher ultrasound frequencies. Thus, the morphology and function of cardiac structures can principally be analyzed better and more accurately with TEE than with TTE. In addition, using three-dimensional (3D) TEE data sets standardized sectional planes can be constructed by post-processing, which enables quantitative assessment of the target structures. The size an...
Source: Herz - February 3, 2017 Category: Cardiology Tags: Herz Source Type: research

Imaging Techniques for Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Atherosclerosis.
Authors: Jansen Klomp WW, Brandon Bravo Bruinsma GJ, van 't Hof AW, Grandjean JG, Nierich AP Abstract The most severe complications after cardiac surgery are neurological complications including stroke which is often caused by emboli merging from atherosclerosis in the ascending aorta to the brain. Information about the thoracic aorta is crucial in reducing the embolization risk for both surgical open and closed chest procedures such as transaortic heart valve implantation. Several techniques are available to screen the ascending aorta, for example, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), epiaortic ultrasound, TEE ...
Source: International Journal of Vascular Medicine - March 12, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Int J Vasc Med Source Type: research