[Two-dimensional echocardiography--experiences in an internal medicine department of a 750 bed hospital].
Mechanical sector scanning in echocardiography achieves two-dimensional imaging of the heart at a fairly good resolution and at reasonable cost. A few diagnoses can immediately be made off the screen without recording the M-mode. Quantitation of movements is possible, however rather time-consuming without automatic data processing. The experience with the application of the device in a medium-size hospital over 2 years shows that with proper selection approximately 10% of patients in a department of Internal Medicine will benefit from this diagnostic procedure.
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis
Zweidimensionale Echokardiographie--Erfahrungen einer internen Abteilung an einem 750-Betten-Krankenhaus.