What diseases can be detected by a color Doppler echocardiogram?
Disease description:
I haven't been feeling well lately, and I suspect it might be a heart-related issue, so I underwent an echocardiogram. I would like to ask the doctor what kinds of heart conditions can be detected through an echocardiogram?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Wang Xin
Color Doppler echocardiography can detect various heart diseases, specifically including:
1. Congenital heart disease: such as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, etc., which may develop at birth or within a period after birth.
2. Valvular heart disease: such as mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, etc., which may lead to decreased cardiac function and even heart failure.
3. Cardiomyopathy: such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, etc., which cause structural and functional changes in the myocardium, affecting normal heart function.
4. Cardiac tumors: such as atrial myxoma, etc., which may block heart chambers and affect normal cardiac function.
5. Coronary artery disease: assessing whether there is coronary artery stenosis or occlusion by observing the blood flow in the heart.
