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. 2010 Apr;22(2):71-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2010.02.011. Epub 2010 Mar 1.

The basics of echocardiography

Alaa A Mohamed  1 , Ahmed A Arifi, Ahmed Omran
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The basics of echocardiography

Alaa A Mohamed et al. J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

Cardiac echocardiography is becoming an essential diagnostic tool for a variety of cardiac pathology. Acquiring the necessary knowledge will help non cardiac and the cardiac specialist to understand the echocardiography images and reports and in return will improve the care of the patients. The aim of these of publication is to address the basic knowledge of cardiac echocardiography and the recent advances of its applications.

Keywords: Cardiology; Echocardiography.

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Figure 1
Mechanical and electronically steering of the ultrasound beam.
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Figure 2
Complete image generation from one ultrasound beam.
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Ultrasound beam variation with ultrasound depth.
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