Echocardiography
Using ultrasound to record the size, motion and makeup of the heart and the tissues around it.
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Overview
Technical summary
MeSH concept M0006970, the preferred concept of descriptor D004452, describes echocardiography as recording the heart and the tissue near it with ultrasound, covering how large the structures are, how they move and what they are made of, and names the transthoracic approach as the standard one. Other approaches are not recorded here. This identity says nothing about accuracy, indications or the authorization of any device.
How it works
Ultrasound is used to record how large the heart and the tissue near it are, how they move and what they are made of. MeSH names the transthoracic approach as the standard one.
Limitations
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Required infrastructure
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Claims and evidence
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Record details
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