What are the advantages of 3D TEE over 2-dimensional TEE?
3D TEE has demonstrated advantages over 2-dimensional TEE, such as the ability to better detect and delineate vegetations and to identify IE complications and their relationships with surrounding structures. However, the lower temporal and lateral resolution with 3D echocardiography compared with 2-dimensional echocardiography leads to an overestimation of vegetation size and technically challenging visualization of fast-moving structures. 