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Live/Real Time Three‐Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Post Traumatic Acquired Thoracic Aortic Coarctation |
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| Authors: | Preeti Singh MD Carlos Martinez Hernandez MD Balwinder Singh MBBS Mahesh Kuruba MBBS Amena Samar MBBS Navin C Nanda MD |
| Institution: | Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Abstract: | We report a young patient with post traumatic acquired thoracic aortic coarctation in whom three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (3DTTE) demonstrated incremental value over two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2DTTE). 3DTTE showed (1) en face views of the obstruction site that showed a markedly narrowed, roughly circular orifice measuring 0.33 cm2 in area, (2) echogenic tissue encroaching on the graft lumen consistent with fibrosis/thrombus, and (3) no graft protrusion into the aortic lumen, only hypermobility of the medial portion of the graft. These important findings were not detected by 2DTTE. (Echocardiography 2010;27:470‐472) |
| Keywords: | three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography acquired thoracic aortic coarctation |