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==Echocardiography==
==Echocardiography==
Echocardiography is based on the use of ultrasound directed at the heart to create images of cardiac anatomy and display them in real time on a digital screen. The transthoracic echocardiography is obtained by placing a transducer in various positions on the anterior chest The processing of the ultrasound waves creates cross-sectional images of the heart and great vessels in a variety of standard planes. In general, echocardiography is a sensitive and non-invasive tool for detecting anatomic abnormalities of the heart and great vessels. nbsp;nbsp;[''Figure 3'']
Echocardiography is based on the use of ultrasound directed at the heart to create images of cardiac anatomy and display them in real time on a digital screen. The transthoracic echocardiography is obtained by placing a transducer in various positions on the anterior chest The processing of the ultrasound waves creates cross-sectional images of the heart and great vessels in a variety of standard planes. In general, echocardiography is a sensitive and non-invasive tool for detecting anatomic abnormalities of the heart and great vessels.
 
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|align="center"|'''Figure 6.''' Heart short axis with myocardial segments.  
|align="center"|'''Figure 6.''' Heart short axis with myocardial segments.  
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|align="center"|'''Figure 9.''' Transoesophageal echocardiography.  
|align="center"|'''Figure 9.''' Transoesophageal echocardiography.  
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