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How I do it: A personal approach to cardiovascular ultrasound techniques

Dr Rosa Sicari

With so many different options available, it can often be difficult to know the best technique to use when approaching a new method or procedure.

In this Cardiovascular Ultrasound collection of How I do it articles, a number of experts from the field of cardiovascular imaging discuss their preferred techniques and the benefits and difficulties that they have experienced.

We hope that these articles will prove an invaluable resource to those attempting these methods for the first time and to those looking for a new approach.

View all collections published in Cardiovascular Ultrasound

  1. Ischemic mitral regurgitation is an important consequence of LV remodeling after myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic diagnosis and assessment of ischemic mitral regurgitation are critical to gauge its adv...

    Authors: David M Dudzinski and Judy Hung
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:46
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  4. The identification of vascular alterations at the sub-clinical, asymptomatic stages are potentially useful for screening, prevention and improvement of cardiovascular risk stratification beyond classical risk ...

    Authors: Rosa Maria Bruno, Elisabetta Bianchini, Francesco Faita, Stefano Taddei and Lorenzo Ghiadoni
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:34
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  5. In the last 15 years, a new imaging application of sonography has emerged in the clinical arena: lung ultrasound (LUS). From its traditional assessment of pleural effusions and masses, LUS has moved towards th...

    Authors: Luna Gargani and Giovanni Volpicelli
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:25
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  6. The increasing cost of healthcare is a widespread international problem to which the cost of imaging has been an important contributor. Some imaging tests are ordered inappropriately and contribute to wasted u...

    Authors: Ricardo Fonseca and Thomas H Marwick
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:22
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