Echocardiography
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An echocardiogram (also known as a cardiac ultrasound, cardiac ECHO or simply ECHO), is a sonogram of the heart. , it uses standard ultrasound techniques to image two-dimensional or 3D slices of the heart.In addition to creating two-dimensional pictures, an echocardiogram can also produce accurate assessment of the velocity of blood and cardiac tissue at any arbitrary point using pulsed or continuous wave Doppler ultrasound.Echocardiography was an early medical application of ultrasound. Echocardiography is either performed by cardiac sonographers,cardiac physiologists(UK) or doctors trained in cardiology.
External links
- Dynamic Echocardiography Textbook by The American Society of Echocardiography
- American Society of Echocardiography
- British Society of Echocardiography
- International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
- European Association of Echocardiography
- 3D Echo Box: Interpretation of 3 Dimensional Echocardiography images and derive information online
- Basic Echocardiography Course: From physics to anatomy, and assessment of heart chambers and valvular structures
- VIRTUAL TEE - online self-study and teaching resource
- Echobasics - free online echocardiography tutorial
- Algorithms and System for Digital Echocardiogram Video Indexing and Su
- CT2TEE - transesophageal echocardiography simulator
