Roa CVH, Jiménez TN, Espinola ZNG

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 121-126
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ABSTRACT

Tridimensional echocardiography is a useful non-invasive technique for the evaluation of the heart, because it allows a rapid and accurate assessment of left ventricular volumes, wall motion, structure and function of left ventricle. Among non-invasive studies at the moment the cardiac magnetic resonance is the gold standard method for the evaluation of the left ventricular function. Diverse multicentric studies have demonstrated that tridimensional echocardiography is useful as cardiac magnetic resonance in the assessment of left ventricular function. An important limitation of the tridimensional echocardiography is the delimitation of the endocardial borders, which actually can be enhanced with the utilization of contrast echocardiography. Tridimensional echocardiography is a non-invasive method that permits and accurate and objective evaluation of the left ventricular function, ventricular volumes, and global and segmental ventricular wall motion.

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