Background Real-time Three-dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography (RT-3D-TEE) is a huge advance in cardiac ultrasonography, which overcomes many disadvantages of the transthoracic echocardiography. By providi...Background Real-time Three-dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography (RT-3D-TEE) is a huge advance in cardiac ultrasonography, which overcomes many disadvantages of the transthoracic echocardiography. By providing real-time volume image with high resolution, RT-3D TEE offers unique views of cardiac structures, and it has been applied more and more as the guidance in the catheter lab. This article reviewed the recent practice of RT-3D TEE in non-coronary intervention procedures.展开更多
文摘Background Real-time Three-dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography (RT-3D-TEE) is a huge advance in cardiac ultrasonography, which overcomes many disadvantages of the transthoracic echocardiography. By providing real-time volume image with high resolution, RT-3D TEE offers unique views of cardiac structures, and it has been applied more and more as the guidance in the catheter lab. This article reviewed the recent practice of RT-3D TEE in non-coronary intervention procedures.