Cardiac Congenital Disease and 3D-Echocardiography
Fig. 9.1 Relative spatial resolution in axial, lateral and elevation planes Table 9.1 Optimal approach for RT3DE of CHD Structure TTE TEE Additional information MV/LAVV A4C PLAX PSAX en face…
3D-Wall Motion Tracking: Measuring Myocardial Strain with 3D
Fig. 6.1 Different modalities of 3D Strain graphic representations. Left: Plastic Bag view;Middle: Wires view; Right: Doughnuts view. With the current settings, yellow colour indicates high values of strain for…
Fusion of 3D-Echocardiography and Other Imaging Modalities: Hybrid Imaging
Fig. 8.1 3D Speckle-tracking applied to dobutamine stress echocardiography. Plastic bag and polar map views on the left belong to baseline acquisition, with normal LV function and normal regional values…
General Aspects of Transthoracic 3D-Echo
Fig. 2.1 Simultaneous multiplane mode (X-plane): on the left, a four-chamber apical view focusing on mitral valve. On the right, a plane rotated approximately 90º Fig. 2.2 Full volume acquisition:…
Developing Physician-Sponsored Investigational Device Exemption Protocols
Fig. 18.1 Physician modification of a currently available Food and Drug Administration -approved stent-graft. (a) Creation of a fenestration for the superior mesenteric artery with an ophthalmic bovie. (b) Suturing…
Preoperative Evaluation and Clinical Risk Assessment
Description History ●Age ●Gender ●Functional capacity ●Past medical and surgical history ●Present and past medication use ●Smoking status ●Allergies ●Alcohol misuse ●Illicit drug use ●History of trauma ●Family history…
Laparoscopic-Assisted Soave Pullthrough for Hirschsprung Disease
(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK Abstract Surgical correction of Hirschsprung disease can be achieved with a primary, one-stage procedure. The laparoscopy-assisted approach…
Undescended Testis: Laparoscopic Fowler-Stephens Orchidopexy
(1) Department of Paediatric Urology, Hospital Exequiel Gonzales Cortes and Clinica Santa Maria, Santiago, Chile (2) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Abstract Undescended…
Retroperitoneoscopic Nephrectomy/Heminephrectomy
(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK Abstract The retroperitoneoscopic approach to renal surgery is a well-established technique that allows direct access to the…
Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula
, Fraser Munro1, Jimmy Lam1 and Gordon MacKinlay1 (1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK Abstract Thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia (OA) and tracheoesophageal fistula (TOF) is…
