Kossaify Antoine, Grollier Gilles
Echocardiography Unit, Cardiology Division, USEK- University Hospital N D Secours, St Charbel Street, Byblos, Lebanon.
Cardiology Division, University Hospital Caen, Av. Cote de Nacre, 14000, Caen, France.
Clin Med Insights Cardiol. 2014 Jan 2;8:1-7. doi: 10.4137/CMC.S13645. eCollection 2014.
Echocardiography accounts for nearly half of all cardiac imaging techniques. It is a widely available and adaptable tool, as well as being a cost-effective and mainly a non-invasive test. In addition, echocardiography provides extensive clinical data, which is related to the presence or advent of different modalities (tissue Doppler imaging, speckle tracking imaging, three-dimensional mode, contrast echo, etc.), different approaches (transesophageal, intravascular, etc.), and different applications (ie, heart failure/resynchronization studies, ischemia/stress echo, etc.). In view of this, it is essential to conform to criteria of appropriate use and to keep standards of competence. In this study, we sought to review and discuss clinical practice of echocardiography in light of the criteria of appropriate clinical use, also we present an insight into echocardiographic technical competence and quality improvement project.
超声心动图占所有心脏成像技术的近一半。它是一种广泛可用且适应性强的工具，也是一种具有成本效益且主要为非侵入性的检查。此外，超声心动图提供了广泛的临床数据，这些数据与不同模式（组织多普勒成像、斑点追踪成像、三维模式、造影回声等）、不同方法（经食管、血管内等）以及不同应用（即心力衰竭/再同步化研究、缺血/负荷超声心动图等）的存在或出现有关。鉴于此，必须符合合理使用标准并保持专业能力标准。在本研究中，我们试图根据合理临床使用标准回顾和讨论超声心动图的临床实践，同时我们还对超声心动图技术能力和质量改进项目进行了深入探讨。
