echo-heart ultrasound

System

my day job-
this is an ultrasound image of the left side of the heart showing
mitral valve regurgitation ( the blue jet)-
a leaking valve which is heard as a murmur-

Antonio Correia

It's nice.

saurora

It is certainly more colorful than a baby sonogram....but not nearly as cute!!! I get one of these tests evey year. The weird thing is hearing your heart beat when they pump up the volume! I have I.H.S.S.

System

thanks antonio-

saurora-

definitely not as cute as a fetal us-

what's amazing is I'll do these on 90 year-olds and what I see is a pump that has been beating for almost one hundred years-

george

System

I also am a vascular tech-
this is an internal carotid artery coming off of the common carotid artery (in the neck)-
the color helps to pinpoint any narrowing of the vessel due to plaque which can cause a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)-
this vessel is normal, or clean-

mereimage

gefillmore wrote:

I also am a vascular tech-
this is an internal carotid artery coming off of the common carotid artery (in the neck)-
the color helps to pinpoint any narrowing of the vessel due to plaque which can cause a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)-
this vessel is normal, or clean-

Cool -but I have my own set-Just a little soft plaque in the carotid bulb- but I didn't get any cool color enhancement...........Mereimage

Skippy

gefillmore wrote:

my day job-
this is an ultrasound image of the left side of the heart showing
mitral valve regurgitation ( the blue jet)-
a leaking valve which is heard as a murmur-

Wow thats a cool shot.........quite a complicated piece of machinery our bodies aren't they, so beautifully designed ..... Skippy (Australia)

System

mereimage-

thanks-

hope it stays that way-


skippy-

thanks, and I agree

george

Awais Yaqub

nice informative thanks for sharing

System

Awais Yaqub wrote:

nice informative thanks for sharing

awais-

hope you're doing ok-

thanks for commenting-

george

oldgriffin

Looking for more information
Thanks for the picture. I am a patient and am seeking more information. I recently had my second ultrasound on my heart. I was watching the monitor. I do not understand what I saw and would like to know more. How do youn intrepret the colors. Is there a good book on the subject.

Thanks for you time.

Awais Yaqub

oldgriffin wrote:

Thanks for the picture. I am a patient and am seeking more information. I recently had my second ultrasound on my heart. I was watching the monitor. I do not understand what I saw and would like to know more. How do youn intrepret the colors. Is there a good book on the subject.

Thanks for you time.

welcome to the forum i hope you will be fine again to reach george i think you should PM
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