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Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs: Ultrasonic Imaging of the Heart: Report of the Ultrasonography Task Force
David Sahn, MD;
Joseph Kisslo, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1991;151(7):1288-1294.
Abstract
The use of ultrasonography in cardiology has progressed so dramatically that not only is anatomic information available but information can also be derived about cardiac hemodynamics. Applications range from intravascular ultrasonic imaging of coronary atherosclerosis to predictions of the severity of fetal valvular pulmonic stenosis detected in utero. We reviewed cardiac ultrasonography as utilized in B-mode imaging, pulsed and continuous-wave spectral Doppler, and Doppler color flow mapping. We reviewed specialized areas, including stress echo for wall motion analysis, valvular and congenital heart disease applications, and new applications in intraoperative, transesophageal, contrast echography, coronary imaging, and fetal echocardiography. Finally, future applications of quantitative flow mapping and intraluminal and Interventional ultrasonography were considered along with the required technological advances.
(Arch Intern Med. 1991;151:1288-1294)
Footnotes
Accepted for publication February 11, 1991.
This report was submitted at the Annual 1990 House of Delegates Meeting as an Informational Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs.
This report is not intended to be construed or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are determined on the basis of all the facts and circumstances involved in an individual case and are subject to change as scientific knowledge and technology advance and patterns of practice evolve. This report reflects the scientific literature as of March 1990.
Reprint requests to the Group on Science and Technology, American Medical Association, 515 North State St, Chicago, IL 60610 (Secretary, Council on Scientific Affairs).
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