Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Heart sounds are the noises made as blood moves through the heart with each ...

Diagnosis is predominantly made via echocardiography which directly ... due to shunting of well oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the right ventricle. This diagnostic technique can ...

More information: Yingbin Wang et al, Echocardiographic Measurements in Normal Chinese Adults (EMINCA) II focusing on left ...

Left ventricular chamber enlargement and hypertrophy ... In the era of quantitative echocardiography, they remain intellectually and historically interesting. In acute aortic regurgitation ...

The left atrium and ventricle were also observed as necessary. The transducer was attached to an echocardiography machine (Sonos 1500, Hewlett Packard), which displayed all echocardiographic findings.

Left and right atrial dimensions (LA1, LA2, RA1, RA2) were measured from apical four-chamber view, at the end of the ventricular systole (fig 1). M-mode echocardiography was used for the measurement ...

Though learning that your child has a heart defect like a ventricular septal defect can be frightening, understanding the ...

The left-hand side pumps oxygenated blood around the body. Each side of the heart consists of an atrium and a ventricle which are two connected chambers. The atria (plural of atrium) are where the ...