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Cardiac Imaging
What is the limitations to using echocardiography when imaging the heart
What must be done
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Imaging through the chest wall
a transesophageal TEE to be used |
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| What indications are used for Echocardiography |
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Quantify Cardiac Function
Cogenital Heart disease
Diagnoses and quantification of function |
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| What is the systolic meaurement show in ECC |
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What does the stroke measurment of stroke volume show in ECC
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| What does the mearsurement of diastolic function show in ECC |
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What is used to show a diagnoses of regional wall motion abnormalities induced by exercise
What is it a sign of |
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Stress echocardiography
Coronary Artery disease |
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What else can a TEE transesophageal caridiogram show
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| Cardiac masses, pericardial effusion, and Aortic DIssection |
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| What is cardiac scintography used to assess what what are the isotopes used |
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Myocardial perfusion - thallium 201- 99mTc-sestembillli
or 99 mTc tetrofosmin |
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| When would Scintography be used |
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Acute chest pain with normal or inconclusive ECG
Abnormal stress ECG in patients with low or intermediate risk of CAD
Determine hemodynamic significanse of CAD
Assess cardiac risk prior to major surgery |
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| What is the investigation of choice for diagnoses and to quantify coronary artery disease |
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| Coronary Angiography - Cath Lab |
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| What roles does CT paly in imaging the heart |
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Calculation of coronay artery calcium score
CTA of Arteries and assesment of coronary artery bypass, stent patency
anatomy mapping |
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Wha roles does MR have in coronay system (CMR)
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Cardiac function : ejection fraction, mass,
Compliment echo in congential heart disease
Assist in echos for cardiomyophaty, left ventricle aneurysm
May replace scintigraphy |
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| In MR, how does an infarct scan work |
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Contrast accumalates in the the infarcted part for direct visualization
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| What can MR assess of the aorta |
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| Great vessel disease, dissection, coartation |
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a narrowing of the lumen of a blood vessel.
b.
a congenital anomaly of the heart in which there is a narrowing of the aorta, resulting in abnormal blood flow.
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| Define Intramural Thrombus |
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within the walls, boundaries, or enclosing units, as of a city, institution, or building. Compare extramural.
3.
Anatomy . being within the substance of a wall, as of an organ.
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