New Anatomical, Physiological and Clinical Challenges of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

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Abstract

Medicine is the continuous act of listening to someone,
trying to understand peculiarities, walking forward,
coming back, rearranging the puzzle; going through
and out of the maze. In that so broad, challenging
and unique plural sense, new diagnostic techniques
are always very, very welcome. Somewhere, somehow
and absolutely wisely in the past, an undoubtedly brilliant
physician once said: “I have loved no darkness,
sophisticated no truth, nursed no delusion, allowed no
fear”, William Bart Osler (1849-1919). Most probably,
Prof. Osler drew his attention to the utmost need of
walking through the future, into “l’avenir”, without
bringing worries, touching no unquestionable truths,
definitely riding out the storm. And this is by far absolutely
appropriate and adequate for medical situations
in which there is an urgent need for early detection
of possible life threating moments. Also, in the age
of technology it may be sometimes really thrilling to
find out new tools that could without question help
to resolve old queries and problems. Furthermore, it
may be surely exciting to add new data to very well
established medical directions.