Wi fɔ du Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE) fɔ no bɔt di wɛlbɔdi na yu at?

Dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu se yu nid fɔ gɛt `Echocardiogram`, ɔ `TTE`, fɔ chɛk yu at? Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek yu fred smɔl we yu yɛri dat. Bɔt, na rili wan rili simpul, tɛst we nɔ gɛt pen. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt wetin na dis `Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)`, wetin i de luk fɔ, ɛn aw dɛn kin du am.

Wetin na `Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)`?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Transthoracic Echocardiogram, ɔ TTE fɔ shɔt, na tɛst we de tek pikchɔ dɛn fɔ yu at . I tan lɛk we dɛn de du ɔltra saund skan fɔ yu pikin. Bɔt dis wan na fɔ yu at. I de yuz sawnd wev we dɛn kɔl ɔltra saund fɔ tek pikchɔ fɔ yu at. Dis na di kayn ɛkokardiogram we dɛn kin du mɔ.

Dis tɛst de mek dɔktɔ dɛn ebul fɔ si yu at, in 4 chɛmba dɛn, 4 at valv dɛn, ɛn di big blɔd vesel dɛn we de kɔnɛkt to am. I tan lɛk se yu de wach fim we de sho wetin de apin insay yu at.

Wetin mek dɛn de aks yu fɔ du dis `TTE` tɛst?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz di TTE tɛst bɔku we dɛn. Dat min se dɛn kin aks yu fɔ du am fɔ difrɛn rizin dɛn.

Asɛs di at wɛlbɔdi

Sɔmtɛm, afta dɛn dɔn no se yu gɛt at sik, ɔ afta dɛn dɔn trit yu fɔ am, dis `TTE` kin ɛp fɔ si aw yu at de du. Dɛn kin yuse am bak fɔ gɛt aydia bɔt yu at in wɛlbɔdi bifo dɛn no se yu gɛt sik.

Wan TTE kin luk tin dɛn lɛk:

• If yu at valv dɛn de wok fayn . If dɛn opin ɛn lɔk fayn, ɛn if blɔd de lik bak.
• Aw yu at de pɔmp blɔd fayn fayn wan . Dat min se, aw yu at strɔng (ejection fraction).
• Aw di blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn di blɔd de flɔ insay di at?
• Di rum dɛn we de na yu at gɛt di rayt saiz ɛn shep ? Dɛn big, di wɔl dɛn tik?

Fɛn di tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn

If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm, TTE kin ɛp bak fɔ no if na at prɔblɛm kin kam wit dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Chɛst pen : Chɛk fɔ si if dis na bikɔs di blɔd vesel dɛn na di at dɔn blok ɔ if na bikɔs ɔf ɔda tin.
• Edema : Yu tink se at pwɛl na tin we kin mek yu an ɛn fut swel?
• At grɔmbul : If dɔktɔ yɛri abnɔmal sawnd we i de lisin to yu at, dɛn kin want fɔ chɛk if di kɔz na di valv we nɔ fayn.
• Shortness of breath / Dyspnea : If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo ivin wit smɔl tray, i kin bi bikɔs ɔf di chenj na di at wok.

No ɛn fala sɔm mɛrɛsin kɔndishɔn dɛn

Dɛn kin yuz TTE fɔ chɛk fɔ sɔm kayn mɛrɛsin ɛn fɔ wach aw dɛn de go bifo if dɛn de.

• if di aorta aneurysm de כ tεar na di aorta (aortic dissection).
• If blɔd dɔn fɔm insay di at.
• Wetin na di kɔz fɔ di chenj dɛm na yu Ilɛktrokardiogram (ECG) tɛst?
• Ɛni kayn at sik de we dɛn bɔn wit , ɔ aw di sik kin bi afta dɛn dɔn trit am?
• We at pwɛl, aw di at kin wik?
• Di kayn we aw di at valv sik kin tan ɛn aw i kin tranga .
• if na abnכmal tik de na di at mכsul (`Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy`).
• Ɛni tumbu ɔ kansa de na di at?

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin `TTE` ɛn `TEE`?

Tu men kayn `Echocardiogram` de. Wan na di `Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)` we wi de tɔk bɔt. di כda wan na di `Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)`.

`TTE` na di mכst kכmכn εn simpul mεtכd. i involv nכtin we dεn de put insay yu bכdi (noninvasive), כ sכmtεm jכs sכm sכm `injεkshכn` (minimally invasive).

TEE na tin we pɔsin kin du smɔl we dɔktɔ kin pas wan smɔl tiub we gɛt kamɛra (ɛndoskɔp) dɔŋ yu εsophagus.

Ivin afta wan `TTE`, dεn kin כda `TEE` if di dכkta nid mכr klia, ditayl imej dεm. biכs di εsophagus de rili nia di at, wan `TEE` kin gi klia imej sכmtεm.

Udat de du dis `TTE` tɛst?

Bɔku tɛm, yu praymari kia ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu at go tɛl yu fɔ du TTE. Na wan tɛknishian (sonografa) we tren fɔ tek ɔltra saund teknɔlɔji de du dis tɛst. I go du di tɛst ɛn sɛn di ripɔt to yu dɔktɔ.

Aw `TTE` de wok?

dis prosidכs we dεn kכl `Echocardiography`, de yuz `ultrasound` tεknכlכji. I de sɛn ay frikyuɛnsi sawnd wev dɛn tru yu bɔdi. Dɛn sawnd wev dɛn ya kin nak di at tisu ɛn bounce bak. Dɛn kɔl dɛn sawnd wev ya we dɛn kin riflɛkt `ɛko`.

Yuz kɔmpyuta teknɔlɔji, dɛn kin yuz dɛn "ɛko" ya fɔ mek pikchɔ dɛn bɔt yu at we i de bit. Sɔm ɛko tɛst dɛn kin yuz wan spɛshal we bak we dɛn kɔl Doppler ultrasound. dis kin mכsu εn ases tin dεm lεk di we aw bכdi de fכlכ tru di chεmba dεm εn valv dεm na di at, lεk di spid εn di say we di bכdi de fכlכ.

Dɛn kin sho dɛn pikchɔ dɛn ya we de muv na wan skrin so dat yu ɛn di dɔktɔ go si dɛn.

Yu nid fɔ pripia bifo tɛm fɔ `TTE`?

Nɔ, dɛn nɔ nid fɔ pripia spɛshal wan.Yu fɔ it ɛn drink nɔmal wan ɛn tek ɛni mɛrɛsin we yu tek bifo di tɛst. Nɔ wɔri bɔt dat.

Wetin kin apin di tɛm we dɛn de du di `TTE`?

TTE tɛst kin tek lɛk wan awa so. Di tɛknishian (sonografa) ɔ ɔda pɔsin we de wok fɔ di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin du di tɛst lɛk dis:

Bifo di tɛst

Sɔntɛnde, bifo yu du TTE, dɔktɔ kin injekt spɛshal wata (kɔntrast day) insay yu vein. Dis kin ɛp fɔ si klia wan aw blɔd de pas na di at. Dɛn nɔ kin gi dis to ɔlman, bɔt na if nid de nɔmɔ dɛn kin gi am.

We dɛn de du di tɛst

1. Dɛn go mek yu ledɔm pan ɛgzam tebul.

2. Dɛn kin put smɔl pat dɛn (ilɛktrod) na yu chɛst. Dɛn tin ya kin rayt yu at rit ɛn ritm.

3. Dɔn, dɛn kin put spɛshal jel na di say we yu skin de. Dis jel de ɛp di sawnd wev dɛn fɔ pas na yu skin fayn fayn wan.

4. Neks, dεn de pres wan tin we dεn kכl `transducer` (sכmכl tin we lεk maykrofon) pan yu skin εn muv am rawnd. dis `transducer` na in de sεnd di sawnd wev dεm εn pik di `echoes` dεm we de kam bak.

5. Di pɔsin we de du di tɛst go tɛl yu fɔ de stil fɔ sɔm tɛm, chenj yu bɔdi pozishɔn, ɔ chenj aw yu de blo. Dis go ɛp yu fɔ gɛt bɛtɛ pikchɔ dɛn frɔm difrɛn angul dɛn.

Tink bɔt am, dis tan lɛk se yu gɛt "layv fim" na yu at. So i rili impɔtant fɔ sɔpɔt kwayɛt wan, lɛk aw yu se.

Dɛn de anestez yu?

Nɔ. `TTE` na nɔ-invasive prosidur, so yu nɔ de sɛd. Dɛn kin du am we yu wek. So no rizin nɔ de fɔ mek wi fred.

Wetin kin apin afta `TTE`?

Afta di tɛknishian dɔn tek ɔl di pikchɔ dɛn we i nid, i go was di jel we dɛn bin dɔn put pan yu bɔdi ɛn pul di ilɛktrɔd dɛn. Afta dat , yu kin go stret na os. Yu kin bigin fɔ du yu nɔmal tin dɛn bak. Yu kin ivin drayv yusɛf go na os.

Ɛni risk de na `TTE`?

No patikyula risk nɔ de we gɛt fɔ du wit di `TTE` tɛst. Dis tɛst nɔ de yuz raytin, ɛn i nɔ gɛt fɔ du wit ilɛktrik shɔk. apat frכm sכm sכm stinging sensεshכn we di `kכntrast ejen` de `injεkt`, nכ pen de we de asai wit dis tεst. So, na tɛst we rili sef.

Ustɛm di `TTE` rizɔlt go de?

Di tɛknishian we du di tɛst go sɛn di ripɔt to di dɔktɔ we ɔda di tɛst fɔ yu. Bɔku tɛm, dis kin tek lɛk wan ɔ tu dez so. Afta dat, yu dɔktɔ go kɔl yu fɔ tɔk bɔt di rizɔlt, di diagnosis, di tritmɛnt plan, ɛn if dɛn nid fɔ du ɔda tɛst.

So nɔ wɔri te di rizɔlt kam. Di dɔktɔ go tɛl yu ɔl di ditil dɛn.

Smɔl pɔynt dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE) na tɛst we dɛn kin yuz ɔltra saund tɛknɔlɔji fɔ tek pikchɔ bɔt aw yu at tan ɛn aw i de wok. Na tɛst we rili simpul, we nɔ gɛt wan prɔblɛm, ɛn we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen .

If dɛn aks yu fɔ du dis tɛst, yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen to yu ditayli wetin na di rizin ɛn wetin di rizɔlt min. So nɔ fred ɛnitin. Dis go ɛp yu bɔku fɔ no bɔt di wɛlbɔdi na yu at.

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