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EPISODE · Nov 7, 2021 · 13 MIN

Echocardiography

from Doctor Why · host Doctor Why

Support us: Mastercard: 5106 2110 8086 3207 (ARMEN ASTVATSATRYAN) Echocardiography uses ultrasound waves to produce an image of the heart, the heart valves, and the great vessels. It helps assess heart wall thickness (eg, in hypertrophy or atrophy) and motion and provides information about ischemia and infarction. It can be used to assess systolic function as well as diastolic filling patterns of the left ventricle, which can help in the assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy, hypertrophic or restrictive cardiomyopathy, severe heart failure, and constrictive pericarditis. It also is used to assess the structure and function of the heart valves; detect valvular vegetations and intracardiac thrombus; and provide an estimate of pulmonary arterial pressure and central venous pressure. Video is on YouTube - https://youtu.be/DkYcXCgr-aY

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