Cardiac remote recording

Remote cardiac imaging is part of the X-ray diagnostics of the heart (Herold 2023).

However, the importance of X-ray examinations in the diagnosis of heart disease has been significantly reduced in recent years due to the development of other imaging procedures that do not involve radiation.

Nevertheless, the examination method has maintained its importance as a quick and inexpensive procedure (Schade 2004).

Procedure

This is an image in standard projection with p.-a. image and left lateral image with esophagogram (Bücherler 1998).

The patient is given an oesophageal swallow during the scan. The image itself is taken at a focus-film distance of 2 m and is used in particular to differentiate the esophagus from the left atrium (Herold 2023).

Result

Remote cardiac imaging allows conclusions to be drawn about heart shape, heart size and hemodynamics, taking into account pulmonary blood flow (Schade 2004).

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