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echocardiography
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echocardiography

Use of ultrasound equipment to investigate the action of the heart. It is valuable in the diagnosis of congenital and acquired heart disease.



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Contrast echocardiography, a heart ultrasound study performed with a small intravenous injection of an ultrasound contrast agent, can be used to separate patients presenting with low-risk and non-life threatening chest pain from those who may be experiencing a heart attack.
Groups release new 'appropriate' criteria for cardiac ultrasound by Cardiovascular Device & Drugs
2006), and contrast echocardiography (Indermuhle et al.
The role of echocardiography in the differential diagnosis between ... by Venckunas, Tomas; Mazutaitiene, Birute / Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
6) In addition, contrast echocardiography can be useful, as it provides clearer endocardial border delineation for the application of the above criteria, especially in cases with more subtle morphology of noncompaction.
Left ventricular noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium: ever a ... by Kremastinos, Dimitrios T. / Southern Medical Journal
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