The Clinical Benefits of Adding a Third Dimension to Assess the Left Ventricle with Echocardiography

Figure 6

The 3D data set can be sliced in several 2D cut planes to obtain multiple views of that particular chamber (in the figure a 4–chamber view, upper panel, and an orthogonal view of the left ventricle and the left atrium, lower panel). Simultaneous visualization of orthogonal 2D slices enables the assessment and comparison of wall motion at every segment level of the ventricle, precious for assessing severity and extension of hypertrophy or regional wall motion evaluation both at rest and during stress.