Incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography over the two-dimensional technique in assessing carcinoid heart disease involving the aortic valve

Serkan Bulur; Ming C Hsiung; Navin C Nanda; Shalaka Hardas; Ahmed Mohamed; Ahmed ElKaryoni; Swetha Srialluri; Kirolos Barssoum; Mahmoud Elsayed; Jeng Wei; Wei-Hsian Yin

doi:10.1111/echo.13371

Incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography over the two-dimensional technique in assessing carcinoid heart disease involving the aortic valve

Echocardiography. 2016 Nov;33(11):1741-1744. doi: 10.1111/echo.13371. Epub 2016 Sep 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
² Division of Cardiology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 27687702
DOI: 10.1111/echo.13371

Abstract

We present a case of an adult with metastatic carcinoid heart disease, in whom live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography provided incremental value over two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in assessing involvement of the aortic valve.

Keywords: aortic valve; carcinoid heart disease; echocardiography; pulmonary valve; three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography; tricuspid valve; two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Carcinoid Heart Disease / complications
Carcinoid Heart Disease / diagnosis*
Computer Systems
Echocardiography / methods
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Female
Humans
Severity of Illness Index