Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of the aortic valve and the aorta

Aiman Smer; Prakrity Urja; Dixitha Anugula; Subash Dulal; Zeyad M Elmarzouky; Edward Gill; Navin C Nanda

doi:10.1111/echo.15214

Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of the aortic valve and the aorta

Echocardiography. 2022 Jul;39(7):1011-1027. doi: 10.1111/echo.15214. Epub 2022 Jan 27.

Authors

Aiman Smer¹, Prakrity Urja¹, Dixitha Anugula¹, Subash Dulal², Zeyad M Elmarzouky², Edward Gill³, Navin C Nanda²

Affiliations

¹ CHI-Health-Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.

PMID: 35088455
DOI: 10.1111/echo.15214

Abstract

We describe the role of three-dimensional echocardiography in the assessment of the aortic valve and the aorta. The manuscript is heavily illustrated with figures and movie clips.

Keywords: aorta; aortic valve; three-dimensional echocardiography; two-dimensional echocardiography.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aorta / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis*
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional* / methods
Humans