CardiacTumorsAlthoughdiagnosedinfrequently,cardiactumorsoftenareincludedinthedifferentialdiagnosisofcardiacproblemsbecauseoftheirproteanclinicalmanifestations.Cardiactumorsmaybeintracavitaryorintramural,andthelocationdeterminestheirechocardiographicappearance.IntracavitarytumorsappearassessileormobileechodensitiesattachedtothemuralendocardiumwhileintramuraltumorsappearaslocalizedthickeningoftheLVw...[
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CardiacMasses,Thrombi,andTumorsNormalVariantsandMassesofUncertainSignificanceWhenanabnormallylocalizedaccumulationofdensereflectancesappearsontheechocardiogram,itissaidtorepresentamass.Echocardiographicmassesmaybecausedbytechnicalartifactsoranomalousstructures,buttheyareofgreatestsignificanceinrepresentingtruelesionsoftheheartsuchastumors,thrombi,andvegetations.Echocardiographyistheprocedureofchoi...[
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CongenitalHeartDiseaseEchocardiographicIdentificationofCongenitalCardiacAnomalies2DandDopplerechocardiographyhashadamajorimpactonthediagnosisandmanagementofpatientswithcongenitalheartdisease(Chaps.63and64).Fromisolatedcongenitallesionstocomplex,extensivecardiacmalformations,echocardiographicimaging(oftenwithintravenouscontrastinjection)isusuallysufficienttodelineatecardiacanatomy.TEEisanimportanta...[
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TheCardiomyopathiesTheevaluationofcardiomyopathyiscomplicatedbythefactthatfewspecificdiagnosticcriteriaexist,andidentificationisoftenaprocessofexclusion.Further,manypotentialetiologiesmayberesponsibleforthemyopathicprocess,anditmaybepossibletoidentifyaspecificetiologyinonlytheminorityofpatients.Accordingly,adiagnosticstrategyhasevolvedthatinitiallyseekstoplacepatientsintooneofthreepathophysiologic...[
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IschemicHeartDiseaseEchocardiographyinCoronaryHeartDiseaseAlthoughoriginallyofgreatestvalueinvalvularheartdiseaseandcardiomyopathy,echocardiographyhasnowbecomeoneofthemostimportanttechniquesforthedetectionandquantitativeassessmentofmyocardialischemiaandinfarction.Cardiacultrasound—becauseitisrapid,portable,noninvasive,andinexpensive—isespeciallywellsuitedtotheevaluationofischemicheartdisease.Alt...[
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ProstheticCardiacValvesEchocardiographyisacriticallyimportanttoolintheevaluationandserialfollow-upofmechanicalandbioprostheticvalves.Unfortunately,theincreasedechoreflectivityofprostheticvalves(especiallythemechanicalmodels)causesextensivedistalshadowingandreverberationsthatmarkedlylimittheutilityoftransthoracic2Dechocardiography(Figs.15–91and15–92).TTEimagingmaydetectpartialringdehiscencemanife...[
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Right-SidedValvularDiseaseandPulmonaryHypertensionPulmonicValveMajorstructuralabnormalitiesofthePVarerelativelyrare.Pulmonicstenosis(PS)isusuallycongenitalinoriginandresemblescongenitalASinmanyrespects.Thestenoticvalvedoesnotopenfullyandexhibitscharacteristicthickeningandsystolicdomingon2Dimaging(Fig.15–85).M-moderecordingsofthePVoftenshowalargeawave,sinceRVdiastolicpressureisoftensohighandPApres...[
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DiseasesoftheMitralValveMitralStenosisDetectionofmitralstenosis(MS)wasoneoftheearliestclinicalapplicationsofechocardiography159(seeChap.67).Inmostindividuals,theMVleafletsareeasilyvisualizedandyieldthinlinearechoesthatexhibitwidebipeakedexcursionsastheyopeninearlyandlatediastole.26Thecharacteristic2DultrasoundfindingsofMSareseenclearlyinnearlyallpatientswiththisdisorder.160TheMVleafletsarethickene...[
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DiseasesoftheAorticValveandAortaAorticStenosisTheaorticvalveisbestimagedintheparasternalviews.138Theleafletsarethin,linearstructures.Allthreecanbevisualizedintheshort-axisviewandproduceatriangularorificeduringsystolicopening.Thelong-axisviewexhibitstherightandusuallythenoncoronaryleaflets,whichnormallyopentothewallsoftheaorta.Mildthickeningandreductionofmobilityisoftenobservedintheelderly(aorticsc...[
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ContrastEchocardiographyOpacificationoftherightheartcavitieswithdenseultrasonicreflectancesduringintravenouscontrastinjectionwasfirstappliedclinicallyin1968.123Subsequently,itbecameclearthattheoriginofthedenseintracavitaryechoesweremicrobubbleswithintheinjectate,andthatanyagitatedliquidinjectedintravenouslycausedtheeffect.124Sinceroom-airmicrobubbleswiththediameterofpulmonarycapillariespersistinta...[
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