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What can cardiac Doppler echocardiography examine?
Release Time:2020-08-27 10:00

Cardiac Doppler echocardiography is a highly effective diagnostic method for heart diseases, especially congenital heart diseases, in clinical practice. Since the 1980s, ultrasound diagnostic technology has been developing at an astonishing pace. Like magnetic resonance imaging, CT scans, and isotope scans, cardiac Doppler echocardiography holds a significant place among the four major diagnostic imaging technologies in modern medicine.

Cardiac Doppler echocardiography is one of the essential imaging techniques in non-invasive cardiac examinations. This examination technique not only offers advantages like being painless, repeatable, harmless, and simple, but it also provides clearer and more accurate results compared to other imaging examinations. Over the years, cardiac Doppler echocardiography machines have become an indispensable diagnostic tool in modern clinical medicine.



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In general, if the detection results indicate only mild insufficiency, there may be no need for special treatment. However, if the condition is moderate or severe heart failure, it is essential to initiate treatment promptly to prevent structural changes in the heart and the possibility of severe complications. In the examination of myocardial diseases, cardiac Doppler echocardiography can assess the extent of myocardial hypertrophy and cardiac chamber enlargement. For coronary heart disease patients, cardiac Doppler echocardiography can visually display the areas of myocardial ischemia, assisting clinical doctors in devising appropriate treatment plans based on individual patient conditions. The primary diseases diagnosed using cardiac Doppler echocardiography include aortic diseases (such as aortic stenosis), heart valve diseases (such as mitral valve disease or stenosis), and ventricular diseases.

Cardiac Doppler echocardiography not only shows the distribution of local abnormal blood flow in the heart chambers but also reflects, to some extent, the path and direction of cardiac blood flow. It can determine whether the blood flow is laminar, turbulent, or swirling and can measure parameters like the contour, area, length, and specific width of blood flow. By displaying blood flow information in a two-dimensional cross-section, cardiac Doppler echocardiography directly reveals the relationship between structural abnormalities in the heart and hemodynamic abnormalities. All children suspected of having congenital heart diseases should undergo cardiac Doppler echocardiography to determine the specific development of the disease.

Cardiac Doppler echocardiography is a crucial examination, especially for patients with organic heart diseases. It can detect structural abnormalities in the heart, the presence of vegetations on heart valves, and other issues. Moreover, it provides reliable reference for assessing heart function, diagnosing pericardial diseases, and evaluating valve function.

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