Echocardiography - Standards
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Carotid artery ultrasound and echocardiography testing to lower the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease.

29 Jun 2009 The use of two clinic office techniques, carotid artery ultrasound and echocardiography (CAUSE), to detect deficient brain blood flow delivery in the healthy, cognitively normal, older individual is proposed. Evidence indicates that persistent ... Read more...

Adherence to appropriateness criteria for transthoracic echocardiography: comparisons between a regional department of Veterans Affairs health care system and academic practice and between physicians and mid-level providers.

5 Jun 2009 We compared adherence to appropriateness criteria for transthoracic echocardiography in a Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) and an academic practice and, within the VAMC, between physicians and mid-level providers. We reviewed 201 ... Read more...

Grading of aortic valve stenosis at 64-slice spiral computed tomography: comparison with transthoracic echocardiography and calibration against cardiac catheterization.

30 May 2009 PURPOSE: We sought to determine the accuracy of multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) for assessing of aortic valve stenosis and to establish threshold values of the planimetric aortic valve orifice area (AVA) that best separate between ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Echocardiography - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Echocardiographic evaluation of diastolic function can be used to guide clinical care. 30 Aug 2009
• Carotid artery ultrasound and echocardiography testing to lower the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease. 29 Jun 2009
• Are we on the right way to calculate tau? 29 Jun 2009
• Two years of appropriateness criteria for echocardiography: what have we learned and what else do we need to do? 29 Jun 2009
• Echocardiographic imaging in clinical trials: American Society of Echocardiography Standards for echocardiography core laboratories: endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation. 29 Jun 2009
• Adherence to appropriateness criteria for transthoracic echocardiography: comparisons between a regional department of Veterans Affairs health care system and academic practice and between physicians and mid-level providers. 5 Jun 2009
• Grading of aortic valve stenosis at 64-slice spiral computed tomography: comparison with transthoracic echocardiography and calibration against cardiac catheterization. 30 May 2009
• Left ventricular dysfunction and cardiac arrhythmias are frequent in type 2 myotonic dystrophy: a case control study. 27 May 2009
• Head to head comparisons of two modalities of perfusion adenosine stress echocardiography with simultaneous SPECT. 18 Apr 2009
• Overview of the 2008 Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee on safety considerations in the development of ultrasound contrast agents. 12 Apr 2009
• Real-time evaluation of longitudinal peak systolic strain (speckle tracking measurement) in left and right ventricles of athletes. 6 Apr 2009
• Agreement between echocardiographic techniques in assessment of the left ventricular myocardial performance index in rabbits. 30 Mar 2009
• Re: Echocardiographic left ventricular mass in a multiethnic Southeast Asian population: proposed new gender and age-specific norms. 27 Feb 2009
• Straining the guidelines with dyssynchrony imaging. 27 Feb 2009
• Feasibility and reference values of left atrial longitudinal strain imaging by two-dimensional speckle tracking. 6 Feb 2009
• American College of Chest Physicians/La Société de Réanimation de Langue Française statement on competence in critical care ultrasonography. 31 Jan 2009
• Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography. 30 Jan 2009
• ACCF 2008 Training Statement on Multimodality Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Training Developed in Collaboration With the American Society of Echocardiography, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society 4 Jan 2009
• Perinatal echocardiography: protocols for evaluating the fetal and neonatal heart. 30 Dec 2008
• Echocardiographic assessment of valve stenosis: EAE/ASE recommendations for clinical practice. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Echocardiography'

Definition: Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic.

Descriptor UI: D004452

Alternative terms: Echocardiography; Transthoracic Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Transthoracic; Echocardiography, M-Mode; Echocardiography, M Mode; M-Mode Echocardiography; M Mode Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional; Echocardiography, Cross Sectional; Cross-Sectional Echocardiography; Cross Sectional Echocardiography; 2D Echocardiography; 2-D Echocardiography; 2 D Echocardiography; Two-Dimensional Echocardiography; Two Dimensional Echocardiography; Echocardiography, 2-D; Echocardiography, 2 D; Echocardiography, 2D; Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional; Echocardiography, Two Dimensional; Echocardiography, Contrast; Contrast Echocardiography;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; drug effects; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; radiation effects; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.350.850.220; E01.370.370.380.220;

History Note: 73(67)

Technical Notes: GEN only; prefer /ultrasonogr with specific heart dis; note X ref ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSTHORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL is also available; DF: ECHOCARDIOGR