Unger Wyatt, Diller Maggie, Kalra Nishant, Sorrell Vincent L
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, 1501 North Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724-5037 USA.
F1000 Med Rep. 2009 Dec 15;1:98. doi: 10.3410/M1-98.
Echocardiography is comparatively inexpensive relative to other modern cardiovascular imaging tools. It is widely available, even in poor countries, and provides a comprehensive evaluation of cardiac structure and function. It is an ideal tool for the evaluation of patients with valvular heart disease and provides important prognostic information. This review of recent literature highlights reports on outcomes data and provides a clinically valuable summary in table format.
与其他现代心血管成像工具相比，超声心动图相对便宜。它广泛可用，即使在贫穷国家也是如此，并且能对心脏结构和功能进行全面评估。它是评估瓣膜性心脏病患者的理想工具，并能提供重要的预后信息。这篇近期文献综述突出了关于结局数据的报告，并以表格形式提供了具有临床价值的总结。
