Echocardiograms - Part 3

Clinicians are tasked daily with the responsibility of collecting pieces of information from the history, physical, and tests of a patient; to determine what specific problems the patient might have. From this a treatment plan can be devised and progress measured. Echocardiography provides a unique non-invasive tool to help the clinician decide exactly what type of heart problem a patient might have. In Parts 1 and 2 of this series we introduced physicians, paramedics, and nurses, to the basics of Echocardiography. The key to finding heart disease - or any health problem - is knowing what to look for and putting the pieces of the puzzle together. In part 3, we will look at specific examples of a variety of Cardiac problems found on echocardiograms and put the pieces of the puzzle together.