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[Morphological and functional study by echocardiography]
1Department of Clinical Pathology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-pref.
Insights
Echocardiography measures heart function using various imaging modes like B-mode, M-mode, and Doppler. Advanced techniques and future 3D imaging offer quantitative cardiac function assessment.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Medical Imaging
Background:
- Echocardiography is a key tool for assessing cardiac function.
- It evaluates both left and right ventricle performance during systolic and diastolic phases.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the current and emerging echocardiographic methods for measuring cardiac function.
- To highlight advancements in quantitative cardiac assessment.
Main Methods:
- Utilizes B-mode, M-mode, and Doppler imaging.
- Incorporates invasive techniques like trans-esophageal, intra-luminal, contrast, and stress echocardiography.
- Considers future developments in 3D echocardiography and acoustic tissue characterization.
Main Results:
- Established echocardiographic methods provide essential systolic and diastolic function parameters.
- Recent invasive techniques enhance diagnostic capabilities for cardiac muscle evaluation.
- Future technologies promise more precise quantitative measurements of cardiac function.
Conclusions:
- Echocardiography offers a comprehensive approach to cardiac function assessment.
- Ongoing technological advancements are continually improving the quantitative measurement of heart function.
Abstract:
Echocardiography can measure various parameters of left and right ventricle function during either systolic or diastolic phase. Many parameters of cardiac function are obtained by B-mode, M-mode and Doppler images. Recently, invasive techniques, such as trans-esophageal echography, intra-luminal echography, contrast echography of the left ventricular muscle and stress echography were developed. In the future, 3-dimensional echography and acoustic tissue characterization will be developed for quantitative measurement of cardiac functions.