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What is ultrasound of the heart?

Ultrasound based on the properties which are ultrasonic acoustic waves.

Ultrasound propagates in a straight line in a homogeneous structure. Their path is changed by the density and stiffness of the medium traversed.

When in contact with an obstacle, the return ultrasound echo. The ultrasound devices measure and analyze the echo intensity. They allow to perform sectional images in all planes of space and analyze the images in real time.

It is thanks to ultrasound the doctor can see the movements of certain organs such as the heart.

Coupled to a Doppler system that measures the blood flow (direction and speed), the ultrasound equipment used to obtain images of the circulatory system.
 


 

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