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Echocardiography 5 minutes before starting | ||||||
Echocardiographic examinations |
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—Echocardiographic examinations Transthoracic examination TEE - views Stress echocardiography Contrast echocardiography Cardiac asynchrony Strain Imaging 3D | 4D echo Indications for echocardiography Training in echocardiography |
—Cardiac function and PA pressure |
—Examples of pathological findings |
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Contrast echocardiography | ||||||
Guidelines and Standards Clinical Applications of Ultrasonic Enhancing Agents in Echocardiography, 2018
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Transpulmonary echocardio- graphic contrast agents will be used, e.g. in case of poor ultrasound image quality, as shown in this case, to enhance assessment of the lateral wall of the left ventricle. |
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Right sided contrast agents are very useful in the depiction of intracardiac shunt. In this exam- ple, a large ASD can be seen showing a clear negative contrast effect (arrow). |
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several small left-to-right shunts depicted with color Doppler (PFO fenestrations).
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