The need to examine the heart using a three-dimensional (3D) tool is not new. This complex and dynamic organ has always required 3D real-time understanding. Without this feature, examiner transform two-dimensional images understand its volume, which requires knowledge approximation interactions. Echocardiography was invented three decades ago, improvements resulted in commercial products at beg...

E Biagini, A F L Schinkel, J J Bax, V Rizzello, R T van Domburg, B J Krenning, M Bountioukos, C Pedone, E C Vourvouri, C Rapezzi, A Branzi, J R T C Roelandt, D Poldermans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

BACKGROUND Coronary revascularization of the suspected culprit coronary lesion assessed by preoperative stress testing is not associated with improved outcome in vascular surgery patients. METHODS Fifty-four major vascular surgery patients underwent preoperative dobutamine echocardiography and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. The locations of left ventricular rest wall motion ...