Imaging Artifacts in Echocardiography

Le, Huong Thu; Hangiandreou, Nicholas J.; Timmerman, Robert; Rice, Mark J.; Smith, W. Brit; Deitte, Lori A.; Janelle, Gregory M.

doi:10.1213/ane.0000000000001085

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“…Any echocardiographic image may have several artifacts because of underlying normal cardiac structures or the physical properties of ultrasound waves. 2 It is essential to delineate an artifact from a true structure to prevent an unwarranted clinical intervention or concern. 3 An artifact has indistinct borders without any clear attachment site as well as dissimilar density in different echocardiographic views.…”

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New Intracardiac Mass in Right Atrium Postcardiac Surgery: Thrombus or Artifact?

Choudhary¹,

Aggarwal²,

Bhoje³

2017

Journal of Perioperative Echocardiography

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New Intracardiac Mass in Right Atrium Postcardiac Surgery: Thrombus or Artifact?

Choudhary¹,

Aggarwal²,

Bhoje³

2017

Journal of Perioperative Echocardiography

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“…Moreover, specific spatial relationship of prosthesis with the adjacent structures is difficult to acknowledge with 2D TEE following valve replacement surgeries. [ 6 ] These drawbacks can be overcome by the 3D-TEE where a myriad of information can be envisaged by obtaining a 3D full-volume loop of heart base and cropping on a desired plane to focus on the region of interest. Color flow Doppler evaluation in 3D imaging enables to identify the exact location of regurgitation in a more precise manner than 2D echocardiography.…”

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Distortion of aortic valve from mechanical traction imposed by the mitral valve prosthesis: The three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic perception

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Iatrogenic injury to the aortic valve is a rare but frequently reported complication during mitral valve surgeries. Intraoperative 2-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (2D TEE) has a major impact in diagnosing these injuries, so that timely intervention is possible. However, 2D TEE has lot of limitations during the perioperative period, which can be overcome by the three dimensional echocardiography (3D-TEE). We report a case where 3D TEE has undoubtedly delineated the cause for distortion of aortic sinus after mitral valve replacement and helped in the successful outcome.

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“…[ 5 6 7 ] Ultrasound artifacts need to be considered as well: they can potentially mislead to incorrect identification of nonexisting intracardiac masses. [ 8 ]…”

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Cardiac masses in echocardiography: A pragmatic review

L'Angiocola¹,

Donati²

2020

J Cardiovasc Echography

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Transthoracic echocardiography is a useful diagnostic technique for the identification of intracardiac and extracardiac masses, which can evaluate morphologic properties of the masses such as their location, attachment, shape, size, mobility, and possible hemodynamic-related implications. Apart from physiological variants and structural normal mimickers, echocardiography can detect principal intracardiac masses such as neoplasms, thrombi, vegetation, and extracardiac masses such as metastatic lesions. Moreover, transesophageal echocardiography can provide further details and provide higher accuracy in case a deeper examination of the mass is needed. This review will focus on the systematic evaluation of intra-/extracardiac masses including epidemiology and morphological and echocardiographic features, providing practical and technical tips to health-care professionals to achieve correct identification of the masses. General data on cardiac masses were extracted via PubMed/MEDLINE search engine from indexed reviews, original studies, and clinical case reports. The echocardiographic features of cardiac masses were reviewed according to the most relevant international cardiology and echocardiography scientific societies' position statements.

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Imaging Artifacts in Echocardiography

Cited by 40 publications

References 51 publications

New Intracardiac Mass in Right Atrium Postcardiac Surgery: Thrombus or Artifact?

New Intracardiac Mass in Right Atrium Postcardiac Surgery: Thrombus or Artifact?

Distortion of aortic valve from mechanical traction imposed by the mitral valve prosthesis: The three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic perception

Cardiac masses in echocardiography: A pragmatic review

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