What is Tissue Doppler Echocardiography?
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Tissue Doppler Echocardiography is a medical technology that transmits high frequency sound waves into the heart to detect its shape, size, and motion.
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The Doppler ultrasound machines use the Doppler effect to create an image of the internal region of the body.
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Certain heart conditions can be detected with an ultrasound.
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Tissue Doppler Echocardiography can be used to help detect coronary artery disease, which commonly manifests in women as a traveling pain in the chest.
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The results of a Tissue Doppler Echocardiography may point to diastolic heart failure.
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- Written By: Marty Paule
- Edited By: E. E. Hubbard
- Last Modified Date: 28 November 2018
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