Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2009
Abstract
Echocardiographic examination provides valuable information about the size and function of cardiac chambers, valve morphology and function, hemodynamic consequences of various cardiac pathologies. This is particularly important during pregnancy, where the patients compilaints and physical signs may be misleading.
Therefore, echocardiography is an important diagnostic tool for the detection and evaluation of cardiac pathology in pregnant women with suspected or know diagnosis of the heart disease.