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

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

Aortic valve stenosis

Introduction Aortic valve stenosis is a narrowing of the heart valve, which lies between the left ventricle of the aorta, the aortic valve. It is the most common heart valve defect in Germany. One consequence of the disease is usually an overload of the left heart, which initially leads to an enlargement of the heart … Aortic valve stenosis

Therapy | Aortic valve stenosis

Therapy The therapy of aortic valve stenosis depends on the severity of the disease, the symptoms that occur as well as any concomitant diseases and the patient’s general condition. While in mild to moderate aortic valve stenosis without symptoms there is controversial discussion as to whether surgical replacement of the aortic valve is justified, surgical … Therapy | Aortic valve stenosis

What are the life expectancies with aortic valve stenosis? | Aortic valve stenosis

What are the life expectancies with aortic valve stenosis? Aortic valve stenosis is often a chance finding, since the heart adapts and even in severe cases it is possible that no or only minor symptoms occur. It is possible that over the years the valve narrowing will increase only very slightly or not at all. … What are the life expectancies with aortic valve stenosis? | Aortic valve stenosis