Recent Advances in Echocardiography.
- Author:
Youn Woo KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Cheju National University College of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. yeonukim@cheju.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Echocardiography;
Tissue Doppler imaging;
Three dimensional echocardiography
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Echocardiography*;
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional;
Heart;
Heart Diseases;
Hemodynamics;
Humans;
Ultrasonography
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Cardiology Society
2006;10(3):266-269
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Echocardiography is a very useful, safe, and noninvasive method for the diagnosis and management of cardiac diseases. Echocardiographic studies, which use ultrasound, provide anatomic diagnosis, as well as functional information. Over the past twenty years, important advances have occurred in echocardiographic assessment of myocardial function. Tissue Doppler imaging and three dimensional echocardiography can provide potential benefits to analyze hemodynamic information of heart in pediatric patients. This paper reviews some of these major advances in pediatric echocardiography, as well as conventional methods of pediatric echocardiography.
