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Three-dimensional echocardiography: lessons in overcoming time and space

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Three-dimensional Echocardiography

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A more intelligible display of complex cardiac pathology and the need for more accurate left ventricular (LV) function assessment prompted investigators to develop three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography immediately after the introduction of two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography in the early 1970s. Indeed, the objective display of cardiac structures in their correct relationship to each other and avoiding assumptions about LV cavity geometry would greatly improve diagnostic accuracy. Several directions have been followed, but 3D echocardiography has followed two merging lines of development. One line is trying to make ultrasound systems work faster and faster, despite the limitations imposed by the fixed velocity of ultrasound in tissue. The second technical line is the attempt to provide meaningful images of the data acquired.

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  1. Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

    Jos. R. T. C. Roelandt MD, PhD, FESC (Professor of Cardiology, Emeritus Chairman)

  2. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Joseph Kisslo MD (Professor of Medicine)

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Echocardiography West German Heart Center Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

    Thomas Buck MD, FACC, FESC (Associate Professor of Medicine Assistant Director, Director) (Associate Professor of Medicine Assistant Director, Director)

  2. Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Region Hannover – Klinikum Siloah, Hannover, Germany

    Andreas Franke MD, FESC (Associate Professor of Medicine Head) (Associate Professor of Medicine Head)

  3. Noninvasive Cardiology, King’s College Hospital London, London, UK

    Mark J. Monaghan PhD, FRCP(Hon), FACC, FESC (Professor of Echocardiography Director) (Professor of Echocardiography Director)

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Roelandt, J.R.T.C., Kisslo, J. (2011). Three-dimensional echocardiography: lessons in overcoming time and space. In: Buck, T., Franke, A., Monaghan, M.J. (eds) Three-dimensional Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11179-2_2

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