Echocardiography

Research from P. Acar and co-authors in the area of echocardiography in children published

Published in Medical Imaging Week, September 22nd, 2007

Fresh data on echocardiography are presented in the report "Live 3D echocardiography with the pediatric matrix probe. Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) enables new views of heart valves and the septa to be imaged. While the previous 3DE system was cumbersome, the recent introduction of live 3DE allowed for routine use of the technique in adult patients," scientists in Toulouse, France report.

"Here, we report our initial experiences in adapting live 3DE and the adult matrix probe to the pediatric population. Thirty-four 3DE examinations were performed on children, aged 1 day to 12 years (n=23; median 4 years) and fetuses 20-33 weeks in gestation (n=11; median 25...

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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2007-09-22)

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