Echocardiography is widely used modality in clinical practice. In this article, we made a brief review of new advanced modalities of echocardiography in recent years, including tissue Doppler imaging, speckle-tracking imaging and 3D echocardiography. We also descripted the applications of echocardiography from outpatient to critical care in different populations such as heart failure, acute myocardial infarction and shock.
心臟超音波在臨床上廣泛地被使用。在這篇文章中,我們對近年來這檢查方法的新的發展作一個簡要的回顧,其中包括組織都卜勒影像、班點追踪影像和三維心臟超音波。並從一般門診到重症族群,如心臟衰竭、急性心肌梗塞和休克等病患,說明心臟超音波的臨床使用。