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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Echo of the heart
Echocardiography
An echocardiogram, often referred to in the medical community as a cardiac ECHO or simply an ECHO, is a sonogram of the heart (it is not abbreviated as ECG, which in medicine usually refers to an electrocardiogram). Also known as a cardiac ultrasound, it uses standard ultrasound techniques to image two-dimensional slices of the heart. The latest ultrasound systems now employ 3D real-time imaging. In addition to creating two-dimensional pictures of the cardiovascular system, 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...
Echo of the heart - List of case studies
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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patient has the following questions: 1. Is this course of action the only option? 2. Is there any available treatment or doctor ... Normal LV & RV size and systolic function – per echo, 11/2006 12 No evidence for inducible myocardial ischemia – per ...
- Juvenile Arthritis with Systemic Onset (Stills Disease)
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Inflammation of the Joints short_summary: ... condition. X-rays of the joints and chest as well as echo of the heart (pericardium) may be helpful in identifying serositis ...
- Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Aortic Stenosis
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This is a 62 years old woman with a history of hypercholesterolinemia treated by statines . Otherwise healthy. ... third echocardiogram in a well established experienced echo lab preferably in a university hospital because the discrepancies between ...
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer – further opinion
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with Navelbine, or taxol, or ALIMTA / Weekly Cycles of Vinorelbine). Medical ... Normal LV & RV size and systolic function – per echo, 11/2006 12 No evidence for inducible myocardial ischemia – per ...
- Sinus Tachycardia in Mitral Insufficiency
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43-year-old female with history of continued cigarette smoking and complaints of palpitations. A sinus ... maintenance of sinus rhythm and the findings of the 12/08 echo, I would not advise mitral valve repair . This should be followed by ...
- List of Examinations
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Below is a full list of the examinations mentioned in case studies throughout the site. click on an ... (Endoscopy of upper gastric system) EUS guidance Echo Echo color Doppler of the legs Echo of the heart Echo ...
- Chronic Pain in the Lower Rib Cage – Suspected Intercostal Neurinoma
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67-year-old male began to complain of chronic pain in the left lower rib cage. The pain is stitch, ever-present, ... February,2007: The results of the muscle and tendon echo–tomography of the left hemithorax are within normal limits. He also ...
- Valvular Heart Disease in Dissection of the Ascendant Aorta and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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72-year-old male with a diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse and chronic severe mitral regurgitation, aortic root ... think conservative treatment with careful follow up by echo of LV size and function and aortic diameter is all is needed at this ...