Sunday, 13 November 2011

Echocardiography

M-mode
- details changing motion of structures along the ultrasound beam with time
- assess LV wall and cavity dimensions, pericardial thickness


2-dimensional echo
- assessment of ventricular volumes and ejection fraction; delineation of specific anatomy of cardiac structures including valves


Pulse doppler echocardiography
- assess diastolic function and dysfunction by assessing transmitral flow velocities, differentiate between constrictive and restrictive cardiomyopathy

Continuous wave doppler
- assess transvalvular pressure gradients, to estimate severity of stenotic lesions (which causes increased velocities)

Color doppler
- assess severity of valvular regurgitations

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