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History of echocardiography in the Netherlands: 30 years of education and clinical applications

Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation, 2008

The development of ultrasound has created great opportunities for diagnostic cardiac imaging. For more than 30 years, echocardiography has been the most important and cost-effective diagnostic imaging modality in clinical cardiology. Many developments originated in the Netherlands, including the very first practical real-time crosssectional imaging of the moving heart with a linear array. Milestones include the first portable echo apparatus, early versions of echo catheters and transoesophageal echocardiography probes as well as many clinical 'firsts' with reference to the more than 100 Dutch dissertations related to echocardiography. The future of echocardiography promises to be as productive and exciting as it has been in the previous three decades, including threedimensional echocardiography, myocardial perfusion echocardiography, tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking. New potential therapeutic applications are upcoming. In this article, the advances of echocardiogr...

The basics of echocardiography

Journal of The Saudi Heart Association, 2010

Cardiac echocardiography is becoming an essential diagnostic tool for a variety of cardiac pathology. Acquiring the necessary knowledge will help non cardiac and the cardiac specialist to understand the echocardiography images and reports and in return will improve the care of the patients. The aim of these of publication is to address the basic knowledge of cardiac echocardiography and the recent advances of its applications.

Meeting Highlights of the 17th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2006

focused on the comprehensive evaluation of the cardiovascular patient and were the forum for presentation of the latest advances in ultrasound techniques that are essential to patient diagnosis and management. This highly successful 5-day conference, which attracted more than 3,000 attendees and a record number of faculty from all over the world, was chaired by Dr. William A. Zoghbi. Among the highlights of the conference was the Edler Lecture, named for the father of echocardiography, given by ASE president Dr. Bijoy Khandheria and entitled "Back to the Future." The lecture showcased the evolution of ultrasound techniques over the years and glimpsed into its future.

Echocardiography: an overview -part I

Vessel Plus, 2022

This review describes principles of echocardiography and Doppler, outlines the techniques of echo-Doppler studies, presents methods of assessment of pressure in the pulmonary artery, reviews methodology for appraisal of ventricular function, and demonstrates the usefulness of echo in evaluating multiple neonatal issues including distressed neonate, infant of a diabetic mother, tracheo-esophageal fistula, Down syndrome, and cardiomegaly.

The evolutionary development of echocardiography

Iranian journal of medical sciences, 2012

Echocardiography is a non-invasive diagnostic technique which provides information on cardiac morphology, function, and hemodynamics. It is the most frequently used cardiovascular diagnostic test only after electrocardiography. In less than five decades, the evolution in this technique has made it the basic part of cardiovascular medicine. Herein, the evolution of various forms of echocardiography is briefly described.