Two-dimensional echocardiography

It shows flat "cuts" of the heart while maintaining the actual movement of individual structures.

Indication:

2D echocardiogram.

Demonstration of pathological cardiac structures– thrombi, myxoma, tumors;
assessment of valve structure and movement - post-rheumatic and congenital valve defects, mitral valve prolapse, forward movement of the anterior mitralis in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, infectious endocarditis;
evaluation of ventricular systolic function by assessment of myocardial systolic thickening - coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart defects, myocarditis;
myocardial infarction complications - rupture of the tendons / walls of the left ventricle, aneurysm;
morphological + structural abnormalities - congenital heart defects;
pericardial effusion and tamponade
pericardial diseases - constrictive pericarditis;
heart wall thickness - hypertension.

Links[edit | edit source]

CHILD, P., et al. Internal Medicine. 2nd edition. Prague: Galén, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7262-496-6.