echocardiography
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- noun
- /ˌɛkoʊˌkɑrdɪˈɑɡrəfi/
- Specialized
:
ecocardiografía
- During her routine check-up, the cardiologist performed an echocardiography to visualize the heart's structure and movements.
- transesophageal echocardiography
- transoesophageal echocardiography
- transthoracic echocardiography
Examples
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Three-dimensional echocardiography has gained popularity in the last years and thus far it supplements 2D echocardiography.
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The only known sequelae are cardiac, so follow-up involves cardiac surveillance, usually by echocardiography, to look for signs of damage.
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Refer patients with suspected heart failure and previous MI to echocardiography and specialist assessment within 2 weeks.
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In this case, the transthoracic echocardiography had a guiding role, but the transesophageal echocardiography procedure was conclusive.
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Resting electrocardiogram and stress testing were the most useful diagnostic tests, although echocardiography diagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in one family.
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Quantification by two-dimensional echocardiography is known to be an essential part of CHD disease severity estimation.
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The monitoring included electrocardiography with rhythm-control printout and measurement of left-ventricular ejection fraction by echocardiography or radionuclide scan.
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The optimal echocardiographic modality for detection and evaluation of cardiac tamponade is the 2D echocardiography for visualization of pericardial blood effusion.
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The doctor recommended an echocardiography to assess the patient's heart function during the appointment.
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After experiencing chest pain, the patient underwent an echocardiography to investigate possible heart complications.
Synonyms
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A test using sound waves to make a picture of the heart and how it works
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
echocardiography = echocardiograph (opaque) = echo + cardio + graph + y
The form is built from technical combining forms and the shift from 'echocardiograph' to a medical procedure noun is specialized, so a typical learner cannot reliably infer the meaning from the parts alone.
Etymology
Echocardiography breaks into three parts: echo meaning 'echo' or 'sound that bounces back', cardio meaning 'heart', and -graphy meaning 'recording' or 'writing', so it literally means 'recording the heart with echoes'. That's why an echocardiography is a test that uses sound waves to make pictures of the heart.