Table 3.
Scoring of imaging quality of the new 4D mini-TEE probe according to different echocardiographic modalities: 1: non-interpretable images, 2: poor quality but interpretable, 3: average quality, 4: good quality, 5: excellent quality. 2D, two-dimensional; PWD, pulsed-wave Doppler; CWD, continuous-wave Doppler; 3D, three-dimensional.
| Echocardiographic Modality | Number of Patients | 1 Non- Interpretable |
2 Poor |
3 Average |
4 Good |
5 Excellent |
Average Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2D | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 4.87 |
| 2D color | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| PWD | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| CWD | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 3D | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 4.73 |
| 3D color | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 4.73 |