Cardiac Echo started at AIIMS Bathinda
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
Prof. (Dr) Dinesh Kumar Singh, Director AIIMS, Bathinda inaugurated 2D Cardiac ECHO facility at AIIMS Bathinda on 11thof December, 2020. Cutting edge technology at affordable price to reduce out of pocket expenditure on health care by the poor and needy patients suffering from heart disease is the goal of AIIMS Bathinda. Director, AIIMS Bathinda stressed upon the importance of ECHO for early diagnosis of cardiac pathologies.
Prof Satish Gupta, MS AIIMS expressed his concern about the increasing cardiac disease in this region and role of AIIMS in taking care of the same.
What is 2D Cardiac ECHO?
This is a safe and painless procedure that uses a transducer (a small, microphone-type device) to send high frequency sound waves to the heart. It is a non-invasive heart investigation that creates images of the sections of the heart using sound vibrations. It presents the various parts of the heart as in pictures so that it becomes easy to check if there is any damage or blockages, and blood flow rate.
What does the 2D Echo test detect?
Echocardiography, or 2D Echo is majorly done to detect :
- Any underlying heart diseases or abnormalities
- Keep a check on the heart valve for its functioning
- Congenital heart diseases and blood clots or tumours
December 11,2020
 Dinesh Kumar Singh, Director AIIMS, Bathinda inaugurated 2D Cardiac ECHO facility at AIIMS){kind=link}