Category Archives: Echocardiography

Mitral Doppler tracing in left ventricular diastolic dysfunction Doppler interrogation of mitral valve is usually done from the apex through the apical four chamber view. The transducer is [..]

Tricuspid regurgitation can be broadly divided into hypertensive and non-hypertensive, depending on the right ventricular pressure, whether it is elevated or not. Tricuspid regurgitation is best assessed in [..]

ASD on 2D echo Echocardiographic image from subcostal four chamber view showing the atrial septal defect (ASD). Subcostal view is the ideal view for imaging atrial septal defect [..]

Apical five chamber view in echocardiography Apical five chamber view is useful in assessing all four chambers along with the aortic valve. LV: left ventricle; Ao: aorta; RV: [..]

Aortic regurgitation – trivial Aortic regurgitation (AR) – trivial – on Doppler interrogation from the apical five chamber view (upper panel). Incomplete image of the jet is obtained [..]

Aortic flow Doppler tracing Aortic flow just distal to the aortic valve (arrow), picked up by Doppler interrogation. The velocity of 1 m/sec in this case is normal. [..]

Eccentricity index is an echocardiographic index for separation of right ventricular volume and pressure overload. Abnormal motion of the interventricular septum can occur in both right ventricular volume [..]

There is a correlation between inferior vena caval dimension and the right atrial pressure. Inferior vena caval dimensions can be measured from the subcostal view on echocardiography. If [..]

Assessment of right ventricular function by three dimensional echocardiography has several advantages in that it is qantitative, assesses the global right ventricular function, can assess both right ventricular [..]