TY - JOUR
T1 - Echocardiography update for primary care physicians
T2 - A review
AU - Chan, Jeffrey S.K.
AU - Tse, Gary
AU - Zhao, H.
AU - Luo, X. X.
AU - Jin, C. N.
AU - Kam, Kevin
AU - Fan, Y. T.
AU - Lee, Alex P.W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Echocardiography is a key evaluation tool for the diagnosis, prognosis, and guidance of interventional management of numerous cardiovascular conditions, including ischaemia, heart failure, and structural heart diseases. Recent technological advancements have also seen the exploration of artificial intelligence, intracardiac vortex imaging, and three-dimensional printing in echocardiography. With cardiovascular diseases increasing in prevalence worldwide, it is important for clinicians including general practitioners to have updated knowledge of appropriate use of echocardiography. As such, this article reviews the current literature and summarises the latest developments and the general clinical usage of echocardiography.
AB - Echocardiography is a key evaluation tool for the diagnosis, prognosis, and guidance of interventional management of numerous cardiovascular conditions, including ischaemia, heart failure, and structural heart diseases. Recent technological advancements have also seen the exploration of artificial intelligence, intracardiac vortex imaging, and three-dimensional printing in echocardiography. With cardiovascular diseases increasing in prevalence worldwide, it is important for clinicians including general practitioners to have updated knowledge of appropriate use of echocardiography. As such, this article reviews the current literature and summarises the latest developments and the general clinical usage of echocardiography.
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U2 - 10.12809/hkmj198080
DO - 10.12809/hkmj198080
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32051329
AN - SCOPUS:85079899078
SN - 1024-2708
VL - 26
SP - 44
EP - 55
JO - Hong Kong Medical Journal
JF - Hong Kong Medical Journal
IS - 1
ER -