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Transthoracic Echocardiography
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Case Description
To evaluate left ventricular function, an echocardiography is typically performed. According to NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) recommendations, this is frequently asked for when patients exhibit heart failure-related symptoms. Despite the fact that clinical data and...
Case Summary
- Doppler echocardiography is a non-invasive ultrasound test that uses high-pitched sound waves emitted by a transducer to create images of the heart. Reflected sound waves from heart structures are converted into visual representations displayed on a video monitor.
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Dr. Nikhilesh Jain
Director and Consultant Dept of Critical Care at CHL Hospitals, Indore
Dr. Nikhilesh Jain is a distinguished Physician Intensivist with over 20 years of experience in critical care medicine. He currently serves as Director and Operational Head of the Department of Critical Care Services at CARE CHL Hospitals, Indore. He completed his MBBS from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, followed by DNB (Medicine) from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, and MRCP (Ireland). He also holds IDCCM, FCCCM, and FIECMO qualifications. His special interests include Hemodynamic Monitoring, ECMO, Infectious Diseases and Sepsis, Critical Care Ultrasound, and Multi-Organ Transplants. He has over 65 national and international publications, book chapters, and serves as a journal reviewer for Cureus and Neurocritical Care Society. He is a DNB teacher in Critical Care, has served as Past Secretary and President of ISCCM (Indore Chapter), and is a member of prestigious societies including SCCM (USA), ESICM, ISCCM, NCS, and ATS. He is also involved with ROTTO and SOTTO, India's premier organ transplant organizations.
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