echo guidelines

Provocative maneuvers (Valsalva) can help us visualize:

• Mitral Valve Prolapse

• Psuedonormalization of diastolic dysfunction

• Aortic Stenosis

• PDA

We want our Doppler angle __ to the flow in echocardiography.

Place the sample volume __ cm into the pulmonary vein to evaluate it with PW Doppler.

• 1

• 2

• .5

• 1.5

When in the apical 4 chamber view, we angle ___ to visualize the 5 chamber.

LV dimension diastole:

• 3.5-5.7 cm

• 2.5-4.7 cm

• 3-7 cm

• 2.8-6.7 cm

LV dimension systole:

• 2.5-3.6 cm

• 1.5-4.5 cm

• 2-5 cm

• 3-4 cm

IVS diastole/systole

• .6-1.1 cm

• .8-2.1 cm

• .6-1.9 cm

• .8-1.1 cm

LVPW diastole/systole

• .6-1.1 cm

• .8-2.2 cm

• .6-2.2 cm

• .8-1.1 cm

Ao Root:

• 2-3.7 cm

• 2-5 cm

• 3-5 cm

• 1-3.7 cm

LA Dimension:

• 1.5-4 cm

• 3-6 cm

• 2-5 cm

• .5-3.5 cm