TransesophagealEchocardiographyTransthoracicechocardiography(TTE)usuallydefinescardiacanatomyandfunctionsatisfactorily,oftenobviatingtheneedforfurthercardiacimaging.Occasionally,however,TTEdoesnotprovidecompleteoradequatelydetailedinformation.Thisisespeciallytrueintheevaluationofposteriorcardiacstructures(e.g.,theLA,theleftatrialappendage,theinteratrialseptum,theaortadistaltotheroot),intheassessme...[
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DopplerEchocardiography:PrinciplesandApplicationsTheDopplerPrincipleUsingtheprinciplefirstdelineatedbythephysicistJohannChristianDoppler,53onecanuseultrasoundtodeterminethevelocityanddirectionofbloodflowbymeasuringthechangeinfrequencyproducedwhensoundwavesarereflectedfromredbloodcells.54,55Inthisway,informationregardingthepresence,direction,velocity,andturbulenceofbloodflowcanbeacquiredbycardiacul...[
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UseofLiverTestsAspreviouslynoted,thebestwaytoincreasethesensitivityandspecificityoflaboratorytestsinthedetectionofliverdiseaseistoemployabatteryofteststhatincludetheaminotransferases,alkalinephosphatase,bilirubin,albumin,andprothrombintimealongwiththejudicioususeoftheothertestsdescribedinthischapter.Table283-1showshowpatternsoflivertestscanleadthecliniciantoacategoryofdiseasethatwilldirectfurthere...[
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TestsThatMeasureBiosyntheticFunctionoftheLiverSerumAlbuminSerumalbuminissynthesizedexclusivelybyhepatocytes.Serumalbuminhasalonghalf-life:15to20days,withapproximately4%degradedperday.Becauseofthisslowturnover,theserumalbuminisnotagoodindicatorofacuteormildhepaticdysfunction;onlyminimalchangesintheserumalbuminareseeninacuteliverconditionssuchasviralhepatitis,drug-relatedhepatoxicity,andobstructivej...[
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PrinciplesofEchocardiographyPhysicsandInstrumentationSoundisanenergyformthattravelsthroughamediumasaseriesofalternatingcompressionsandrarefactionsofthemolecules(Fig.15–1).Soundistypicallycharacterizedbyitswavelength,whichisthedistancebetweenanytwoconsecutivephasesofthecycle(e.g.,peakcompressiontopeakcompression),andbyitsfrequency,whichisthenumberofwavelengthsperunittime[customarilyexpressedascycl...[
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EvaluationofLiverFunction:IntroductionSeveralbiochemicaltestsareusefulintheevaluationandmanagementofpatientswithhepaticdysfunction.Thesetestscanbeusedto(1)detectthepresenceofliverdisease,(2)distinguishamongdifferenttypesofliverdisorders,(3)gaugetheextentofknownliverdamage,and(4)followtheresponsetotreatment.Livertestshaveshortcomings.Theycanbenormalinpatientswithseriousliverdiseaseandabnormalinpati...[
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DiagnosisTheclinicalsetting,includingriskfactorssuchasfamilyhistoryorpersonalpriorhistoryofvenousthromboembolism,canhelpsuggestthediagnosisofPE.Semi-quantitativeclinicalscoringsystemssuchastheWellsDiagnosticScoringSystemarebeginningtoreplace"gestalt"estimatesofclinicallikelihood(Table244-1).ClinicalSyndromesPatientswithmassivePEpresentwithsystemicarterialhypotensionandusuallyhaveanatomicallywidesp...[
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CarcinomaoftheMaleBreastEssentialsofDiagnosisApainlesslumpbeneaththeareolainamanusuallyover50yearsofage.Nippledischarge,retraction,orulcerationmaybepresent.GeneralConsiderationsBreastcancerinmenisararedisease;theincidenceisonlyabout1%ofthatinwomen.Theaverageageatoccurrenceisabout60—somewhatolderthanthecommonestpresentingageinwomen.Theprognosis,eveninstageIcases,isworseinmenthaninwomen.Blood-borne...[
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Ultrasonographyisperformedchieflytodifferentiatecysticfromsolidlesionsandisnotdiagnosticofmalignancy.Ultrasonographymayshowanirregularmasswithinacystintherarecaseofintracysticcarcinoma.Ifatumorispalpableandclinicallyfeelslikeacyst,an18-gaugeneedlecanbeusedtoaspiratethefluidandmakethediagnosisofcyst.Ifacystisaspiratedandthefluidisnonbloody,itdoesnothavetobeexaminedcytologically.Ifthemassdoesnotrecu...[
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