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Carcinoid pulmonary valvulopathy evaluated by real-time 3-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
- Source :
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography [J Am Soc Echocardiogr] 2008 Apr; Vol. 21 (4), pp. 407.e1-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Oct 01. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- A 55-year-old woman with carcinoid valvular heart disease was referred for consideration of right-sided valve replacement. By transthoracic 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, there was severe tricuspid regurgitation and mild right ventricular dysfunction. The pulmonary valve was thickened with annular constriction and severe regurgitation. Real-time 3-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography provided an en face view of pulmonary valve from the right ventricular outflow perspective, not obtainable by routine 2-dimensional echocardiography. Three-dimensional echocardiography may play an incremental role for the preoperative assessment of the pulmonary valve in patients with carcinoid heart disease.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1097-6795
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17904800
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2007.08.015