Movahed Mohammad-Reza
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2007 Feb 23;5:9. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-5-9.
Echocardiography is one of the most important diagnostic testing in cardiology. The presence of a breast implant overlying heart can cause significant impairment of the echocardiographic acoustic window. Breast implants are increasing in popularity in the USA and the Federal Drug and Food Administration (FDA) just approved silicone implants again. In this review, the impact of silicone breast implant on the echocardiographic image acquisition and interpretation is discussed.
超声心动图是心脏病学中最重要的诊断测试之一。覆盖在心脏上方的乳房植入物会严重损害超声心动图的声学窗口。乳房植入物在美国越来越受欢迎,美国食品药品监督管理局(FDA)刚刚再次批准了硅胶植入物。在这篇综述中,讨论了硅胶乳房植入物对超声心动图图像采集和解读的影响。