Echocardiography Flashcards
1
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Indirect cardiac assessments:
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- ECG
- MRI
- X ray
- angiography (with MRI, invasive)
2
Q
With x ray, you can see…
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- lung function
- lung issues impact cardiac function
- general idea of cardiac size
3
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With angiography, you can see…
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- inject radial label tracer, can see different vessels and heart
- heart attack, finding blockage
4
Q
Direct cardiac assessments:
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open heart surgery
5
Q
Advantages of echo:
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- non-invasive
- relatively quick analysis and assessment
- use at patient bedside
- measurements in real time
- gain a lot of information about cardiac function
- cheap compared to MRI
6
Q
Disadvantages of echo:
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- requires a trained sonographer
- expensive compared to ECG/ICG
- image resolution not as good as MRI
- quality dependent on windows
7
Q
2D echocardiography appearance:
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black and white
8
Q
What is the parasternal long axis used for?
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- measure wall thickness
- diameter of aorta or left ventricular OT
- septum
9
Q
Grey on 2D echo:
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cardiac tissue
10
Q
Black on 2D echo:
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blood
11
Q
Bright white on 2D echo:
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pericardium (fluid in it)
12
Q
IVS =
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intraventricular septum
13
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What can we see from the parasternal short axis?
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- can see valve moving
- can see more about how the heart contracts in a wringing action
14
Q
What can we see from the apical view?
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- look from bottom up
- everything is upside down and opposite
- EDV and ESV taken here
- can calculate SV
- SV x HR = CO
15
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EDV:
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- end diastolic volume
- relaxation of ventricles
- what you start with (higher)
- depend on how well blood is returning to heart
- how much blood goes into atria in to ventricles