The Role of Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction

Overview

Journal J Tehran Heart Cent

Publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2013 May 7

PMID 23646042

Citations 21

Authors

Maryam Esmaeilzadeh

Mozhgan Parsaee

Majid Maleki

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Abstract

Echocardiography is a non-invasive diagnostic technique which provides information regarding cardiac function and hemodynamics. It is the most frequently used cardiovascular diagnostic test after electrocardiography and chest X-ray. However, in a patient with acute chest pain, Transthoracic Echocardiography is essential both for diagnosing acute coronary syndrome, zeroing on the evaluation of ventricular function and the presence of regional wall motion abnormalities, and for ruling out other etiologies of acute chest pain or dyspnea, including aortic dissection and pericardial effusion. Echocardiography is a versatile imaging modality for the management of patients with chest pain and assessment of left ventricular systolic function, diastolic function, and even myocardial and coronary perfusion and is, therefore, useful in the diagnosis and triage of patients with acute chest pain or dyspnea. This review has focused on the current applications of echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction.

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