Dementia echocardiography or ultrasound

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Dementia Microchapters

Patient Information

Overview

Classification

Causes

Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ,Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[2]


As per several studies Ultrasound or echocardiography does not show any specific change in patients of dementia unless some other remarkable pathology is present.[1]

References

  1. Warren JD, Schott JM, Fox NC, Thom M, Revesz T, Holton JL, Scaravilli F, Thomas DG, Plant GT, Rudge P, Rossor MN (September 2005). "Brain biopsy in dementia". Brain. 128 (Pt 9): 2016–25. doi:10.1093/brain/awh543. PMID 15901648.

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