Ultrasound

Further clinical pictures | Extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Further clinical pictures Further disease patterns that can be successfully cured by shock wave treatment are Pseudarthroses were the first orthopedic application of shock waves. This therapy has been used successfully for a long time. Despite all the positive experiences, shock wave therapy is not a general standard in the treatment of pseudoarthrosis. Surgical intervention … Further clinical pictures | Extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Costs of shock wave therapy | Extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Costs of shock wave therapy Although shock wave therapy is a much cheaper method than surgery, the costs are usually not covered by the statutory health insurance. The health insurance companies give different reasons for this. In some cases, however, the treatments are subsidized by the health insurance company. This depends on the individual case … Costs of shock wave therapy | Extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Summary | Echocardiography

Summary Ultrasound examination of the heart (echocardiography) has become an important part of today’s diagnosis of heart disease. The largely non-invasive possibility of displaying the heart function in the “echo” can reveal numerous heart diseases such as valve defects, constrictions (stenoses), short circuits between the chambers or atria (shunts) and wall movement disorders. Minimally invasive … Summary | Echocardiography

Echocardiography

Echocardiography is a method of examining the heart. Here the heart is visualized by an ultrasound. This makes echocardiography, along with electrocardiography (ECG), one of the most important, non-invasive examinations of the heart. The various echocardiographic procedures (transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and exercise echocardiography) are not only used to diagnose cardiac diseases, but also to … Echocardiography

Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) | Echocardiography

Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) Transesophageal echocardiography refers to the ultrasound examination of the heart from the esophagus. This examination is somewhat more invasive and less comfortable for the patient.Usually the patient is anaesthetized with a sleeping pill before the examination so that the examination is not unpleasant. Then a movable tube, which has a small ultrasound … Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) | Echocardiography

Heart attack | Echocardiography

Heart attack Echocardiography can play an important role in the diagnosis of a heart attack. In a heart attack, blood vessels that normally supply the heart with blood, the coronary arteries, become blocked. If a coronary artery is blocked, parts of the heart muscle are undersupplied with oxygen and this undersupplied area of the heart … Heart attack | Echocardiography

Indication | Echocardiography

Indication Echocardiography is used for the diagnosis of numerous diseases of the heart, as well as partly for the supportive diagnosis of diseases outside the heart. Since echocardiography is a very meaningful and inexpensive procedure that is available nationwide, echocardiography is used very frequently. In addition, it is a low-risk procedure that is not very … Indication | Echocardiography

Lung Ultrasound (Lung Sonography)

Lung ultrasonography (synonyms: ultrasound of the lungs; Lung ultrasonography, LUS) is used for diagnosis in the leading symptom “acute respiratory distress”. It is used as a bedside “point-of-care ultrasound procedure” in certain clinical situations (see below) and is performed independently by emergency and acute care physicians. Pulmonary sonography is a component of thoracic sonography.The procedure … Lung Ultrasound (Lung Sonography)

Doppler sonography

Definition Doppler sonography is a special type of examination that is mainly used to assess the blood flow through the blood vessels. For example, vasoconstrictions, sacculations or occlusions can be determined and their severity assessed. Since it is a special type of ultrasound examination, the method is also called Doppler ultrasound. In addition to vascular … Doppler sonography