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Echocardiography, also known as cardiac ultrasound, is the use of ultrasound to examine the heart. It is a type of medical imaging, using standard ultrasound or Doppler ultrasound. [1] The visual image formed using this technique is called an echocardiogram, a cardiac echo, or simply an echo.
The use of ICE is specialized and not intended for general echocardiography due to its cost and invasiveness. [1] [2] It is used as a part of a larger heart procedure.A typical use of ICE is for performing a transseptal puncture across the interatrial septum; in other words, pushing a catheter from the right atrium to the left atrium.
Speckle tracking echocardiography is based on grey scale echocardiography (B-mode), and the fact that the reflected echo from the myocardium shows a speckle pattern that is a mixture of small scatters and interference patterns. The pattern being random, each region of the myocardium (called a "kernel"), has a unique speckle pattern, and that ...
[1] [2] [3] The film chronicles the personal and professional life of photographer Dennis Stock. It is narrated by Stock himself and was completed before his death in 2010. The film illuminated different aspects of Stock's life including his classroom at the Omega Institute, where he taught a master class on photography before his death. [4]
Normal 12-lead ECG A 12-lead ECG of a 26-year-old male with an incomplete right bundle branch block (RBBB). The overall goal of performing an ECG is to obtain information about the electrical functioning of the heart.
The ballistocardiograph (BCG) is a measure of ballistic forces generated by the heart. [1] The downward movement of blood through the descending aorta produces an upward recoil, moving the body upward with each heartbeat. [2]
Rocky Colavito, a Cleveland baseball All-Star popular enough that his trade led to a fan uproar and speculation of a curse, died Tuesday, the club announced.
The site is a critically noted [1] [2] [3] online magazine exploring scientific and intellectual ideas. In 2019, BuzzFeed News reviewed Edge’s IRS filings and reported that Jeffrey Epstein was "by far its largest financial donor", and that "his association with Edge gave him access to leading scientists and figures in the tech industry."