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