Lab Midterm #3 Flashcards
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Echo characteristics
- measures heart movement
- evaluates heart pumping and mechanical function
- uses ultrasound
- Doppler is used for blood flow across heart
- echo is performed by a cardiac sonographer
- 40-60 mins, no exposure to radiation
EKG definition
Test that determines the electrical system of the heart
Echo definition
Test that determines the mechanical system of the heart
EKG result
Produces a wave like diagram
Echo result
Produces a picture of the heart
EKG test procedure
Attach electrodes to the patient’s chest and several other places, EKG results will come to a machine via wires attached to electrodes
Echo test procedure
Apply a cool gel on the patient’s chest and wave a transducer that releases sound waves that will echo back and produce a picture of the heart
Transthoracic echo (tte) characteristics
- most common, non invasive or minimally invasive, injection (40-60 mins)
- used to
Check health of heart valves
How well heart is pumping blood
Measure blood pressure
Measure size and shape of heart chambers
Transthoracic echo (tte) diagosis
- aortic aneurysm
- aortic dissection
- blood clots
- ECK results
- congenital heart conditions
- heart failure
- heart valve disease
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac tumors
Transesophageal echo (tee) characteristics
- invasive bc provider slides an endoscope down patient’s esophagus
- takes images of the heart within the body (90 min)
- used to
Follow up TTE
Check for blood clots before procedures
Confirm successful surgeries
Used for real time imaging procedures
Transesopahegal eco (tee) diagnosis
- aortic aneurysm
- blood clots
- cardiac tumors
- congenital heart disease
- heart valve disease
- infective endocarditis
- pericardial disease
Exercise stress echocardiogram characteristics
- increase HR and increase workload
- stress via exercise
- assess heart function when beating fast
- treadmill or stationary bike
Exercise stress echo diagnosis
- coronary artery disease
- cardiomyopathy
- congenital heart disease
- heart failure
- heart valve disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- aortic dissection
- endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis
- persistent chest pain
- recent heart attack
- severe aortic stenosis
- uncontrolled arrhythmia
2D ultrasound
Most common, images appear as slices on screen
Can be stacked to make 3D
3D ultrasound
Shows how well the heart pumps blood
Technique allows for heart to be seen at different angles
Doppler
How fast blood flows and in what direction
Color Doppler
Blood flow with colors representing different directions of flow
Towards transducer = red
Away from transducer = blue
Strain image
Shows changes in how heart muscles move
Can catch early signs of heart disease
Contrast imaging
Substance called contrast agent injected into the vein
Visible in the images, allowing to see details of the heart
Transducers
- Device that produces sound waves that bound off body tissue making echos
- transducer received the echo and sends them to a computer which turns them into a sonogram
- phased away transducer used to perform echo
Linear transducer characteristics
- frequency range: 5-10 MHz
- imaging depth: 9cm
- footprint: straight and wide
Linear transducer applications
- arterials/veins
- procedures
- pleura
- skin/soft tissues
- musculoskeletal
- testicles/hernia
- eyes
- breasts
Curve liner transducer characteristics
- frequency range: 2-5 MHz
- imaging depth: 30cm
- footprint: outwards and wide
Curve linear transducer applications
- gallbladder
- liver
- kidneys
- bladder
- abdominal aorta
- uterus/ovaries