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PrISM Cardiovascular

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Advantages of Echo in cardiac imaging:

a. relatively inexpensive

b. widely available

c. can be done portably for acutely ill patients

d. NO radiation dose

e. prior studies may be available for comparison

f. real time motion of heart

g. quantification of direction and amount of flow

 

Limitations:

a. limited depth of penetration, problem in obesity

b. low resolution images

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