Background: in Spain, the skills of Emergency Physicians (EP) in the process of echocardiography have been discussed for more than three decades. The current scientific evidence supports strongly the use of echocardiography by the EP, for its speed, agility and safety for the patient providing an early diagnosis of serious or potentially serious diseases. In this sense, echocardiographic technique training makes that in the clinical practice of Emergency Departments is used as diagnostic support tool in initial attention to the patient suffering.
Objective: To train in the management and diagnosis of the echocardiographic technique among professionals in the Emergency Department (ED), and promoting their use on the basis of the advantages that this presents, due to its characteristics of safety, efficiency and safety
for the patient.
Patients and Methods: The diagnosis of the left ventricle hypertrophy by echocardiographic evaluation. We used and ultrasound Sonosite M-Turbo, equipped with P21 between 1 and 5 MHz probe.
Results: When a study shows left ventricle hypertrophy, we must stop to assess two important details:
1.- The diastolic function: In the hypertrophic ventricles, in which performance is decreased, wave E has a slower curve for deceleration and A wave is higher, which means a worse diastolic funtion.
2.- The presence of dynamic obstruction of the outflow tract, which can go with previous systolic motion of the previous mitral valve.
Conclusion: To incorporate echocardiography at ED decreases overall care times, since the EP are more effective, efficient and dynamic in the management of emergency "time-dependent", providing a greater clinical safety.
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