title: [Possibilities and limitations of echocardiography].
abstract: Echocardiography offers a noninvasive method ideal for the patient and the observer. The exact diagnosis can be established in most of cardiac diseases. We use the technique as a screening method to select patients for invasive procedures, it allows an accurate assignment and timing of catherization.
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Echokardiographie.