Osman Mukhtar

Three‐Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Demonstration of Anatomical Defects in AV Septal Defect Patients Presenting for Reoperation

We present two‐ and three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic findings of two adult patients who presented for reoperation after previous repair of a partial atrioventricular (AV) septal defect. Both patients had a cleft in the left AV valve with severe regurgitation. One patient had an additional 10u2003×u20035 mm defect connecting the left ventricle to the right atrium through the AV junction. Three‐dimensional echocardiography was superior to two‐dimensional echocardiography in comprehensively delineating the anatomical defects in the left AV valve and the AV junction. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 20, January 2003)

Transesophageal Two- and Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Combined Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm and Ventricular Septal Rupture

Two‐ (2‐D) and three‐dimensional (3‐D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) were useful in making the diagnosis of combined left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and ventricular septal rupture in an elderly patient presenting with mediastinitis and worsening heart failure following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The diagnosis was not suspected clinically. Three‐dimensional TEE served to increase the confidence level with which the diagnosis of this combined lesion was made. Additionally, 3‐D TEE proved superior to 2‐D TEE in assessing the size of the left ventricular rupture site.

Two- and three-dimensional TEE differentiation of lymphoma involving the atrial septum from lipomatous hypertrophy.

In this case report we present two‐dimensional (2‐D) and three‐dimensional (3‐D) transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) findings of a patient with lipomatous atrial septal hypertrophy and a patient with Hodgkins lymphoma with atrial septal involvement. The echocardiographic characteristics that differentiate these two lesions are discussed.

Prosthetic aortic valve abscess producing total right coronary artery occlusion: diagnosis by transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography.

We present a patient with total right coronary artery occlusion produced by a prosthetic aortic valve abscess. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal three‐dimensional echocardiography.

Echocardiography Diagnosis of a Stenotic Double Orifice Parachute Mitral Valve with a Single Papillary Muscle

We present the case of a patient with a single papillary muscle that is supporting both orifices of a stenotic double orifice mitral valve. With the use of both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, we were able to prospectively define this entity, which was confirmed at surgery.

Transesophageal Three-Dimensional Echo Assessment of Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect

The incremental value of three‐dimensional echocardiography over transesophageal multiplane two‐dimensional imaging in the assessment of sinus venosus atrial septal defect is demonstrated in the present study.

Two‐ and Three‐Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Localization of a Right Atrial Lipoma: Importance of Orienting Echocardiographic Images to the Surgeon's View

We present a patient in whom the exact location of a right atrial lipoma identified with two‐ and three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (2‐D and 3‐D TEE) was correlated with the surgical findings. By orienting the 3‐D TEE images to conform to the view of the surgeon from the right side of the patient and referencing the site of attachment of the tumor to the surrounding structures, this lipoma was correctly localized to a 7 oclock position in the right atrium.

Transesophageal echocardiographic findings of an intracavitary cardiac metastasis from a neuroendocrine thymic carcinoma.

This case report presents the unusual characteristics of a neuroendocrine thymic carcinoma that probably has metastasized to the left side of the interatrial septum from a primary thymic site.

Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of a descending aortic aneurysm rupture into the left lung.

This case report describes a patient in whom a descending aortic aneurysm ruptured into the left lung, producing hemoptysis. With transesophageal echocardiography, we were able to define the site and extent of the aneurysm, as well as the two sites of rupture into lung tissue.