About such a procedure as the ECHO of the heart, everyone has heard, but what it is and how it is done is generally known to those patients who had to face it personally. In fact, there is nothing complicated or terrible in this survey. This is an ordinary ultrasound examination of the heart and blood vessels, which today is considered one of the most informative.
Heart examination ECHO KG
Echocardiography is one of the most important procedures that a patient must necessarily undergo during the diagnosis of cardiac pathologies. In addition, now more and more often ECHO is prescribed for preventive purposes. Because the test is safe, it can be done at any frequency.
ECHO KG of the heart shows what is going on inside it, with all its valves and chambers. The procedure determines the presence of fluid, examines the organ and its functional state, and also assesses the structure of tissues directly in the muscle and next to it. Of course, the demonstration takes place in real time.
It is necessary to carry out the research if there are such symptoms as:
- dyspnea;
- lethargy;
- too fast fatigue;
- pain in the heart ;
- the presence of the so-called heart hump (protrusion can be detected during palpation);
- cyanosis of the skin;
- trembling over the area of the heart muscle;
- frequent blanching of the skin;
- coldness of limbs;
- dizziness;
- increased blood pressure, accompanied by nausea;
- regular headaches;
- pain in the upper abdominal region;
- fading of the heart;
- sudden increase in body temperature.
Since this is an informative examination, ECHO of the heart is regularly made for women suffering from congenital malformations of the muscle and those with valve prostheses. In addition, the procedure is recommended to go to determine the signs of heart failure.
How is the cardiac echocardiography done?
As a rule, experts appoint ultrasound of the heart to determine:
- myocardial infarction;
- angina pectoris ;
- conditions after a heart attack;
- pericarditis;
- cardiomyopathy;
- ailments of the brain, renal peripheral arteries, peritoneal organs, legs.
Before the story about how to do EKG KG heart, it is important to focus on the fact that this procedure is absolutely painless. And it takes thirty minutes to complete.
- Preliminarily undressed to the waist, the patient is placed on his back (in very rare cases on his side).
- A special gel is applied to the subject's breast.
- The sensor is installed in several different positions, and the image from it is transmitted to the screen.
At no stage does a person feel discomfort. Is that the gel applied to the body may seem cold. Although you get used to it very quickly.
After the procedure is completed, a sheet with an ECG is issued. On more powerful and modern devices, all data is stored in the device memory or on portable storage media.
Independently to understand what you saw and decipher the result of the research, of course, it will be quite difficult. As a rule, any explanation the patient receives either directly during the procedure from the cardiologist, or from the attending physician-therapist.
How to prepare for the cardiac echocardiogram?
This is another advantage of the procedure - there is nothing supernatural to do before it. A few days before ultrasound it is advisable to give up alcohol. The latter can distort the heart rate, and the results will be inaccurate.
In order not to knock down the pulse, it is also not recommended to perform physical exercises, take stimulants or sedatives, and drink energy drinks before the examination.