The Echocardiography Laboratory in the informatic era

This article overviews the latest progress in echocardiography in this informatic era. We will present new, different techniques available in clinical settings for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of global and regional left ventricular function, showing their helpfulness in clinical work. We...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2000-08, Vol.86 (4), p.33-35
Main Authors: Fedele, Francesco, De Castro, Stefano, Volponi, M.Cristina, Addonisio, Luigi, Cacciotti, Luca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology
Cardiovascular system
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional - methods
Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Linear Models
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical Informatics
Medical sciences
Medical technology
Telemedicine
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonic investigative techniques
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:This article overviews the latest progress in echocardiography in this informatic era. We will present new, different techniques available in clinical settings for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of global and regional left ventricular function, showing their helpfulness in clinical work. We will also report our personal experiences with 3-dimensional (3-D) echocardiography in quantification of left ventricular total mass and left-ventricular dysfunctional mass, and in evaluation of left-ventricular parietal stress. Finally, we will show how the organization of a modern echocardiography laboratory is changing after informatic progress: we will report our personal experiences about transmission of echocardiography data between 2 work stations, located in different places; in this way we can realize an informatic web, which can go out from the single echocardiography laboratories and move toward intradepartment and interdepartment services.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00989-9