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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular > Heart Function Tests > Echocardiography
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Ultrasonography > Echocardiography
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Cardiac Imaging Techniques > Echocardiography

Preferred term

Echocardiography  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Echocardiography, Transthoracic
  • Transthoracic Echocardiography

Note

  • coordinate with specific heart disease /diag image; note entry term ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSTHORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL is also available

Scope note

  • Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic.

History note

  • 73(67)

In other languages

  • sydämen kaikukuvaus

    Finnish

  • echocardiographia
  • echokardiografia
  • ekkokardiografia
  • kaikukardiografia
  • kaikukardiogrammi
  • sydämen kaikututkimus
  • sydämen ultraäänitutkimus
  • sydän-echo
  • UKG
  • ultraäänikardiografia
  • Ekokardiografi

    Swedish

  • 2D-ekokardiografi
  • Hjärt-sonografi
  • Hjärtultraljud
  • Kontrastekokardiografi
  • M-mode ekokardiografi
  • Tvådimensionell ekokardiografi

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004452

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