Heart Smart: A Guide to Cardiac Tests
| Autor: | Laura Sohl, Maureen A. Hochrein |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle Internal medicine cardiovascular system Cardiology Medicine cardiovascular diseases Enlarged heart business General Nursing Sound wave |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Nursing. 92:22 |
| ISSN: | 0002-936X |
| DOI: | 10.2307/3426872 |
| Popis: | ECHOCARDIOGRAM The echocardiogram produces images of the heart by the use of sound waves. Two types of echocardiography, transthoracic and transesophageal, are currently being performed. Transthoracic echocardiography is used to evaluate structural changes that may cause murmurs, measure the size of the left ventricle and other chambers, give information about the severity of left-ventricular disease, detect tumors within the heart, differentiate between enlarged heart muscle and |
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