Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with Ostium Secundum interatrial defect

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Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with Ostium Secundum interatrial defect

Marcelo L. C. Vieira; Pablo M. Pommerantzeff; Wilson Mathias Jr.; José A. F. Ramires

Instituto do Coração – InCor – FM-USP - São Paulo, SP - Brazil

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The use of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography enables us to examine the heart structure in detail from new planes of observation^1,2. We describe the case of a 24-year-old female patient with a previous history of cardiac murmur, and who was submitted to echocardiographic probe. We performed a multiplane transesophageal bidimensional echocardiography (fig. 1), and with base on the bidimensional images we performed the three-dimensional transesophageal reconstruction (fig. 2). The echocardiographic probe enabled the observation of an ostium secundum interatrial defect. The three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction allowed the observation of the interatrial defect visualized from the left atrium, which may provide additional anatomic information relative to the percutaneous closure of the defect in the future.

Potential Conflict of Interest

No potencial conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

REFERENCES

1. Gunasegaran K, Yao J, De Castro S, Nesser HJ, Pandian NG. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and other future directions. Cardiol Clin 2000; 18: 893-910. Review.

2. Hozumi T, Yoshikawa J. Three-dimensional echocardiography using a multiplane transesophageal probe: the clinical applications. Echocardiography 2000; 17: 757-64.

Received in 05/17/05

Accepted in 07/25/05

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  16 Oct 2006
• Date of issue
  Sept 2006