Incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography over two-dimensional echocardiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with mid-ventricular obstruction and apical aneurysm

Echocardiography. 2015 Mar;32(3):565-9. doi: 10.1111/echo.12848. Epub 2014 Nov 24.

Abstract

We describe a case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with mid-left ventricular obstruction and apical aneurysm containing thrombi where live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography provided incremental value over two-dimensional echocardiography in assessing the findings.

Keywords: apical aneurysm; apical aneurysm in mid-ventricular obstruction; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; mid-left ventricular obstruction; mid-left ventricular obstruction with apical aneurysm and thrombus; three-dimensional echocardiography; three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography; thrombus; two-dimensional echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Computer Systems
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology