Echocardiography Flashcards
Parasternal view
The walls close to the thoracic walls is the RV
the most distal is the posterior wall
Parasternal long axis view
examine IVS
we can identify left ventricular hypertrophy
max thickness of IVS
10 mm
IVS > 11 mm
left ventricular hypertrophy
IVS we can measure the thickness of the
Posterior wall by comparing thickeness of IVS + thickness of posterior wall we can determine if it is concentric or eccentric hypertrophy
we can see asymmetrical hypertrophy
Measure diameter of left atrium
- left atrial dilatation
more accurate measurement of LA dimensions - LA volume measure of four chamber apical view - Measure diameter of aortic annulus , aortic trude aortic valsava , ascending aorta
M mode
structures of the heart illustrated during axis of time
the 1st chamber encountered by the M mode line is
Right ventricle
the 2nd chamber encountered by the M mode line is
IVS - you can see in systole
diastole : relaxation of IVS
Doppler
flow through the chambers of the heart
flow from
mitral valve to the left atrium
high velocity - > turbulent flow
Mitral regurgitation is systolic the flow __
in the left ventricular outflow tract appear during diastole
the flow in LVAD
aortic regurgitation
Parasternal short axis view
Mitral valve
Middle of the ventricle and to the apical view of the left ventricle
1st short axis view
At the base of the heart
Great vessels of the heart
Short axis view
Center of the image
Short axis view of the aortix valve with three leaflets
Short axis view
Center of the image
Short axis view of the aortic valve with three leaflets
1st image of short view
left ventricle and mitral valve
short axis view of the left ventricle
circular shape
short axis view of right ventricle
semilunar shape which embraces the left ventricle