title: The basics of echocardiography.
abstract: Cardiac echocardiography is becoming an essential diagnostic tool for a variety of cardiac pathology. Acquiring the necessary knowledge will help non cardiac and the cardiac specialist to understand the echocardiography images and reports and in return will improve the care of the patients. The aim of these of publication is to address the basic knowledge of cardiac echocardiography and the recent advances of its applications.
authors: King Abdulaziz Cardiac Centre, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Alaa A
authors: AA
authors: Mohamed
authors: Ahmed A
authors: AA
authors: Arifi
authors: Ahmed
authors: A
authors: Omran
keywords: Cardiology; Echocardiography
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