Clinical Uses of Echocardiography
2-D Echo | Transesophageal Echocardiography |
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Cardiac chambers: size, hypertrophy, wall motion abnormalities | Superior to 2-D echo to identify: Infective endocarditis |
Valves: morphology and motion | Cardiac source of embolism |
Pericardium: effusion, tamponade | Prosthetic valve dysfunction |
Aorta: aneurysm, dissection | Aortic dissection |
Assess intracardiac masses | |
Doppler Echocardiography | Stress Echocardiography |
Valvular stenosis and regurgitation | Assess myocardial ischemia and viability |
Intracardiac shunts | |
Diastolic filling/dysfunction | |
Approximate intracardiac pressures |