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| structural or functional disease marked by enlargement of the heart |
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| abnormality in the heart’s structure that one was born with |
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| – passive rhythmical expansion or dilation of the cavities of heart in which they fill with blood |
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| ultrasound of the heart to examine and measure the structure and functioning of the heart |
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| bottom of transducer where it makes contact with patient’s skin |
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| side of the body, lying away from median side |
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| lying or extending toward median axis of the body |
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| a diagnostic ultrasound presentation of the temporal changes in echoes in which the depth of echo-producing interfaces is displayed along one axis and time is displayed along the second axis, recording motion of the interfaces toward and away from the transducer. |
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| pierce or diffuse into or through the heart |
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| backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve |
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| measure of the fineness of detail that can be discerned in an image |
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| placing the footprint of the transducer in between the ribs (hug between the ribs) like blinds to capture a better image |
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| diagnostic medical professionals who operate ultrasonic imaging devices to produce diagnostic images, scans, videos, or 3D volumes of anatomy and diagnostic data |
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| narrowing of the vascular lumen, which gradually comes to cause cardiac ischemia |
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| a supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound waves of ultrasound are used to produce images of the heart at rest and at the peak of exercise |
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| The amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle of the heart in one contraction |
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| the time period when the heart is contracting. The period specifically during which the left ventricle of the heart contracts. |
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| Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) |
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| a diagnostic test, using a special probe, transducer, placed within the esophagus, that employs ultrasound waves to make images of the heart chambers, valves and surrounding structures. |
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| Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) |
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| a diagnostic test, using a special probe, transducer, placed within the thoracic cavity, that employs ultrasound waves to make images of the heart chambers, valves and surrounding structures. |
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| imaging of the body used in medical diagnosis and screening of diseases and conditions |
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| American College of Cardiology |
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| American Heart Association |
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| American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers |
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| Cardiovascular Credentialing International |
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| Echocardiography Information Management System |
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| Left Ventricular End Diastolic Dimension |
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| Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure |
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| Left Ventricular End Systolic Dimension |
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| left ventricular hypertrophy |
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| left ventricular outflow tract |
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| mitral valve also known as bicuspid valve |
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| registered cardiac sonographer |
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| registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer |
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| right ventricular outflow tract |
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| regional wall motion abnormality |
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| Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography |
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