학술논문

Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in diagnosing acquired left ventricular-right atrial communication misdiagnosed as severe pulmonary hypertension by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Echocardiography (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY), Feb2009; 26(2): 224-227. (4p)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0742-2822
Abstract
We describe an adult patient with an acquired left ventricular-right atrial communication that was misdiagnosed as severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) by two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiography, but accurately detected on three-dimensional (3D) transthoracic echocardiography. Open heart surgery confirmed the defect.