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Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional

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Definition: Echocardiography amplified by the addition of depth to the conventional two-dimensional ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY visualizing only the length and width of the heart. Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging was first described in 1961 but its application to echocardiography did not take place until 1974. (Mayo Clin Proc 1993;68:221-40)  ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL is also available; DF: ECHOCARDIOGR 3D   
Examples Echocardiography, Four-Dimensional 		Other names Three-Dimensional Echocardiographies; Three Dimensional Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Three Dimensional; Echocardiography, 3 D; Echocardiographies, Three-Dimensional; Echocardiographies, 3D; Echocardiographies, 3-D; 3D Echocardiographies; 3-D Echocardiographies; 3 D Echocardiography; Three-Dimensional Echocardiography; Echocardiography, 3D; Echocardiography, 3-D; 3D Echocardiography; 3-D Echocardiography

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