- Section 1 Basic instrumentation and modalities
- Chapter 1 General principles of echocardiography
- Chapter 2 Transthoracic echocardiography/two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography
- Chapter 3 Doppler echocardiography
- Chapter 4 Deformation echocardiography
- Chapter 5 Storage and report
- Chapter 6 Transoesophageal echocardiography
- Chapter 7 Three-dimensional echocardiography
- Chapter 8 Contrast echocardiography
- Chapter 9 Hand-held echocardiography
- Chapter 10 Intracardiac and intravascular echocardiography
- Chapter 11 Stress echocardiography: introduction and pathophysiology
- Chapter 12 Stress echocardiography: methodology
- Chapter 13 Stress echocardiography: image acquisition and modalities
- Chapter 14 Stress echocardiography: diagnostic criteria and interpretation
- Chapter 15 Stress echocardiography: diagnostic and prognostic values and specific clinical subsets
- Chapter 16 Lung ultrasound
- Chapter 17 Digital echocardiography laboratory
- Section 2 Cardiac morphology, haemodynamics, and physiology
- Section 3 Echocardiographic assessment of disease
- Section 4 Echocardiographic assessment of disease
- Section 5 Specific clinical context/environment
- Section 6 Miscellaneous topics
(p. 42) Storage and report
- Chapter:
- (p. 42) Storage and report
- Author(s):
Steven Droogmans
, Alessandro Salustri
, and Bernard Cosyns
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198726012.003.0005
Digital storage and structured reporting of an echocardiographic examination lead not only to increased quality of the image acquisition process, an understandable and clinically relevant exam report, but even more importantly to improved patient care. This chapter first describes the many advantages of a digital echocardiographic laboratory and then in a second part how to report the results of a complete echocardiogram, including mandatory items, recommended items, findings and measurements, comments, and conclusions, emphasizing the main findings of the diagnosis and the severity of the heart disease.
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- Section 1 Basic instrumentation and modalities
- Chapter 1 General principles of echocardiography
- Chapter 2 Transthoracic echocardiography/two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography
- Chapter 3 Doppler echocardiography
- Chapter 4 Deformation echocardiography
- Chapter 5 Storage and report
- Chapter 6 Transoesophageal echocardiography
- Chapter 7 Three-dimensional echocardiography
- Chapter 8 Contrast echocardiography
- Chapter 9 Hand-held echocardiography
- Chapter 10 Intracardiac and intravascular echocardiography
- Chapter 11 Stress echocardiography: introduction and pathophysiology
- Chapter 12 Stress echocardiography: methodology
- Chapter 13 Stress echocardiography: image acquisition and modalities
- Chapter 14 Stress echocardiography: diagnostic criteria and interpretation
- Chapter 15 Stress echocardiography: diagnostic and prognostic values and specific clinical subsets
- Chapter 16 Lung ultrasound
- Chapter 17 Digital echocardiography laboratory
- Section 2 Cardiac morphology, haemodynamics, and physiology
- Section 3 Echocardiographic assessment of disease
- Section 4 Echocardiographic assessment of disease
- Section 5 Specific clinical context/environment
- Section 6 Miscellaneous topics