Echocardiography or ultrasound template

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Charmaine Patel, M.D. [2]

Introduction to the Echocardiography or Ultrasound Page

• The page name should be "(Disease name) Echocardiography" or "(Disease name) Ultrasound", with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
• Goal: To provide a description o fall the applicable echocardiography and ultrasound tests related to the disease you are describing.
• As with all microchapter pages linking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put {{CMG}}, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
• Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing [[square brackets]] around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click here.
• Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below.
• You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection.

Overview

• The overview section should include the disease name in the first sentence.
• The goal is to summarize the echocardiography or ultrasound findings page in several sentences. This section can be the same as the echocardiography and ultrasound segment on the overview page.
• To see an example of an overview section on a echocardiography page page, click here.

Template

• First Sentences:

There are no ultrasound findings associated with [disease name].

OR

On [location] ultrasound, [disease name] is characterized by [ultrasound finding 1], [ultrasound finding 2], [ultrasound finding 3].

• Examples:

Example 1: There are no ultrasound findings associated with knee osteoarthritis.

Example 2: On echocardiogram, acute pericarditis is characterized by pericardial effusion.

Preferred Template Statements

IF there are no echocardiography/ultrasound findings associated with the disease:

• There are no echocardiography/ultrasound findings associated with [disease name].

IF echocardiography/ultrasound is useful for diagnosis:

• Echocardiography/ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on an echocardiography/ultrasound suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].

IF echocardiography/ultrasound is not helpful for diagnosis, but may be helpful in identifying complications of the disease:

• There are no echocardiography/ultrasound findings associated with [disease name]. However, an echocardiography/ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].

Key Echocardiography/Ultrasound Findings in (Disease Name)

• Describe in detail the echocardiography or ultrasound findings that may be seen in the disease you are describing, as well as in sub-classifications of the disease, and associated conditions.
• Describe how the echocardiography and ultrasound findings relate to the underlying pathophysiology of the disease.

Echocardiography/Ultrasound Examples of (Disease Name)

• Here you should provide visual examples of echocardiography or ultrasound findings for the disease you are describing.
• Good copyleft source to use for images is RadsWiki (http://www.radswiki.net/main/index.php?title=Main_Page), National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/), Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.org), or Wiki Echo (http://www.wikiecho.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page).
• For help on how to insert images, click here.

References

• References should be cited for the material that you have put on your page. Type in {{reflist|2}}.This will generate your references in small font, in two columns, with links to the original article and abstract.
• For information on how to add references into your page, click here.

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