Echocardiogram

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Medical imaging technique that uses ultrasound waves to create images of the heart

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Echocardiography

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The actual image or recording produced during an echocardiography procedure

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Echocardiogram or Diagnostic cardiac ultrasound

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Healthcare professional who perform echocardiography

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Sonographer

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Clinical Conditions

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1. Heart murmur; hazing of heart
2. Heart attack
3. Chest pain
4. Atherosclerosis
5. Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
6. Pericarditis
7. Cardiomegaly
8. Stenosis

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Disadvantage of echocardiography

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Does not visualize the coronary arteries or blockages in coronary arteries

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What should be use to see blockages in arteries?

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Angiogram

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Steps in Echocardiogram

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1. Prep
2. Application of Gel
3. Transducer placement
4. Image acquisition
5. Recording
6. Assessment and Interpretation

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What is the use of gel?

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to helps transmit sound waves and improves the quality of the images

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Display ultrasound signals in a variety of modes

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Display

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Stores video display

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Memory

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Converts electrical energy to mechanical (ultrasound) energy

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Transducer

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Produces sound waves and receive echoes back

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Transducer probe

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Applies high amplitude voltage to energize the crystals

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Pulse generator

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Detects and amplifies weak signals

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Receiver

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Traditional transducer uses _

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Large crystals

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Consists of multiple small crystal elements arranged in a specific pattern

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Phased array transducer

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Tiny crystals within the phased array transducer that generate and detect ultrasound waves

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Piezoelectric elements

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Principles behind echo

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• Generation of ultrasound waves
• Transmission of ultrasound waves
• Interaction with heart tissues
• Detection of echoes
• Processing electrical signal
• Image formation

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Short bursts of low-frequency sound waves

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Ultrasound Impulses

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Bouncing back of sound waves towards the transducer

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Echo phenomenon

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Gray scale

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Intensity of the reflected ultrasound

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Black

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Fluid or blood

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Highly reflection structures (Calcified on cardiac vales, pericardium)

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White

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More gray

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Myocardium

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Unique speckle pattern

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Muscle

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See the actual motion of the heart structures

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2-D cross sectional

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Real-time motion of the heart's structure can be observed

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2-D cross sectional

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Only white and black image appearance

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2-D cross sectional

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Cone-shaped

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2-D cross sectional

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Time motion display

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M-mode

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Simplest type of echocardiography

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M-mode

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Tracing of ECG than an actual picture of heart structure

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M-mode

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Useful for measuring or viewing heart structure

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M-mode

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Has single ultrasound waves

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M-mode

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Red line in M-mode

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The muscles contract (Systole)

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Yellow line in M-mode

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Relaxation (diastole)

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Can estimate how fast blood flows

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Doppler

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Used to measure and assess the flow of blood through the heart's chambers and valves

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Doppler

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Works by measuring sound waves reflected by moving objects

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Doppler Effect

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Enhanced form of Doppler

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Color doppler

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Different colors are used designate the location of the blood flow

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Color doppler

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Simplifies the interpretation of doppler effect technique

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Color doppler

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Contract echocardiogram

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Color Doppler

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Red color in color doppler

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When the blood flowing towards the transducer

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Blue color in doppler

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When the blood flow away from the transducer

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Most common type of echocardiography

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Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

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Painless and non-invasive type

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TTE | Transthoracic Echocardiography

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Transducer will be placed on your chest over your heart

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TTE | Transthoracic Echocardiography

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Detailed view of the patient's heart

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Transesophageal Echocardiography | (TEE)

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Uses smaller transducer down your throat through you mouth

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TEE | Transesophageal Echocardiograohy

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Minimum tipe to avoid eating or NPO in TTE

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4-8 hours

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Combination of 2D and Doppler

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TEE | Transesophageal Echocardiography

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Quality of image is better

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TEE | Transesophageal Echocardiography

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How long does TTE lasts?

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20-30 mins.

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Used to diagnose CAD, endocarditis, and blood clots that will lead to stroke

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TEE | Transesophageal echocardiiography

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Used on expectant mothers

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Fetal Echocardiography | (FE)

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How many weeks is the pregnant woman before to use FE?

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18-22 weeks

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Can be use in both transabdominal or transvainal

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FE | Fetal Echocardiography

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Much better and safer to use than X-ray

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FE | Fetal Echocardiography

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Either transesophageal or transthoracic echocardiography to create a 3-D image of your heart

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3D

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Multiple image from different angles

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3D

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Used to diagnose heart problems in childres

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3D

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Instead of using EKG, this uses echocardiography

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Stress echocardiography

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Enhances the visualization of blood flow patterns by utilizing contrast

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Contrast echocardiogram