Ecocardiografía tridimensional transesofágica en la evaluación del septo interauricular

  • Gil Ongay, Aritz
  • de Tapia, Beatriz
  • Ceña, Juan S
  • Olavarri Miguel, Iván
  • Vázquez de Prada, José A
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Publication date
August 2018
Publisher
Sociedad Espanola de Imagen Cardiaca
Language
Spanish; Castilian

Abstract

Transesophageal 3D-echocardiography allows a detailed anatomical observation of the interatrial septum, inclu- ding the remnants of the fetal circulation: the fossa ovalis and the foramen ovale. More than 25% of normal adults present a patent foramen ovale, which under some circumstances may have pathologic relevance. Moreover, most of the structural interventions in the left heart require transseptal crossing of the interatrial septum through the fossa ovalis. Therefore, an adequate knowledge of the anatomical features of the interatrial septum, as well as its normal and pathologic variants is definitely required.La ecocardiografía tridimensional transesofágica ha revolucionado la forma en que se observa hoy día el tabique interauricular, ...

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