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The nurse is caring for a client with a history of heart failure and a sudden onset of tachypnea. Following the history, the nurse prioritised doing an Echocardiogram.

What is the role of an echocardiogram?

Echocardiography or multiple gated acquisition scan is used to determine the ejection fraction of the heart.

  • To confirm corpulmonale, pulmonary arteriography is performed.
  • A chest radiograph might indicate heart hypertrophy.
  • An ECG is used to assess the conduction system of the heart.

An echo employs sound waves to make images of your heart's chambers, valves, walls, and blood channels (aorta, arteries, and veins).

A transducer, or probe, is passed across your chest. The probe emits sound waves, which bounce off your heart and "echo" back to it. These waves are converted into images that may be viewed on a television display. An echo will not damage you,

  • The size and form of your heart, as well as the size, thickness, and movement of its walls.
  • The way your heart beats.
  • The heart's pumping power.
  • If the heart valves are functioning properly.
  • If your heart valves are bleeding blood backwards (regurgitation).
  • When the cardiac valves become too thin (stenosis).
  • If a tumour or infectious development is present over the valves is identified.

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