TEE / 3D Flashcards
P1 scallop position
Anterolateral near LAA
P2 scallop position
Middle
P3 scallop position
Medial
Adjacent to atrial sept`um
Mitral scallops mid-esoph 0’ 4 chamber
A2-P2
MV scallops above mid-esoph (see AV)
A1-P1
MV scallops mid-esoph, push probe down
A3-P3
MV scallops commissural view (mid-E 30-90)
P1-A2-P3
MV scallops long axis (135’)
A1-P1
Eustachian Valve
Membrane like structure near IVC or SVC
Chiari Network
Remnant of right hear valve of sinus venosus
Highly mobile mass in RA
Crista terminalis
Pillar that separates smooth from trabeculated part of right atrium
3DE Artifacts
Drop out
Blooming
Railroad
Reverberation
3D quality determined by
2D quality
Avoiding motion
EKG and respiratory gating
Fully sampled matrix array transducers # of piezoelectric elements
3000
Multibeat acquisition improves
Temporal resolution
Volume rate
Increasing volume rate
Multibeat acqusition
Decreasing imaging depth
Decreasing sector width
Using zoom
3D vs 2D for LV volumes
3D better accuracy and reproducibility