Vinh Transport Hospital applies GE-LOGIQ F6 ultrasound machine for heart and blood vessel ultrasound

(Baonghean) - Vinh Transport Hospital has just invested in a GE-LOGIQ F6 ultrasound machine to perform heart and blood vessel ultrasound. By proactively applying scientific technology, modern equipment and machinery, and deploying new techniques to promptly respond to medical examination and treatment, Vinh Transport Hospital has always been recognized and highly appreciated by the people.

Medical examination and treatment is the key political task of Vinh Transport Hospital. To carry out this task well, the hospital has issued a Resolution on improving the quality of medical examination and treatment, focusing on the clinic area and key departments, while boldly investing and applying advanced techniques, bringing in scientific technology, modern equipment and machinery, and improving professional qualifications to serve patients.

The hospital has always been a pioneer in implementing many new techniques to meet the requirements of medical examination and treatment for the people. After a period of active participation of the hospital's leaders and the efforts of the staff, doctors and nurses, on April 1, 2017, Vinh Transport Hospital deployed cardiac and vascular ultrasound on the modern GE-LOGIQ F6 ultrasound machine and was recognized and highly appreciated by patients.

Carotid ultrasound for patients at the Cardiac and Vascular Ultrasound Room. Photo: Hoang Vinh

Patient Bui Thi Anh Tuyet, 76 years old, in Dong Vinh ward (Vinh city) when entering the Examination Department had symptoms of chest tightness, headache, varicose veins of the lower limbs, essential hypertension... and was examined and prescribed a Doppler ultrasound of the arteries and veins of the lower limbs at the Cardiac and Vascular Ultrasound Room. Specialists performed an ultrasound and concluded that the patient had moderate deep and superficial venous valve failure, severe peripheral varicose veins, atherosclerotic membranes and arterial calcifications. Thanks to that accurate and timely conclusion, the doctors of the Examination Department provided an effective treatment method for the patient.

To effectively exploit the GE-LOGIQ F6 ultrasound machine and improve professional quality in treating patients, Vinh Transport Hospital sent staff and doctors of the Cardiac and Vascular Ultrasound Department (under the Department of Paraclinical Medicine) to train and improve their professional knowledge at the Vietnam Heart Institute - Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi Heart Hospital... Thanks to that, it has met the professional requirements in medical examination and treatment for people.

Currently, the Cardiac and Vascular Ultrasound Department conducts examinations and detection of heart and vascular diseases. Including congenital heart diseases: Ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, congenital heart valve regurgitation or stenosis...; Cardiomyopathy: Myocardial infarction, ischemic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophy, restriction... and myocardial tumors, left atrial myxoma... Heart valve diseases: Rheumatic heart valve stenosis or regurgitation, congenital valve leaflet defects. Blood vessel diseases: Leg venous insufficiency, renal, carotid, and limb artery and vein stenosis... In addition, examination and detection of liver vascular diseases, pregnancy...

Doctor Vo Duc Thinh - Head of the Cardiac and Vascular Ultrasound Department said: "Thanks to the modern GE-LOGIQ F6 ultrasound machine, including 3 probes: Convex, Linear and cardiac probe, the machine has high image resolution with full specialized functions serving very effectively in the examination and detection of heart and vascular diseases.

Along with cardiac Doppler ultrasound, vascular Doppler ultrasound is of interest to many patients, because Doppler ultrasound examines moving objects using a probe that transmits and receives ultrasound waves. With the frequency signals emitted from the ultrasound probe and the frequency received when examining the object (blood cells), the machine will synthesize, analyze and display on the screen in the form of different colors, spectral forms or sound signals. Similar to cardiac Doppler ultrasound, vascular Doppler ultrasound shows the structure and size of arteries and veins, blood flow inside, thereby assessing the hemodynamics of blood in the main arteries and veins in the body...

Vascular ultrasound is not dangerous for patients and is a painless, non-invasive technique. The procedure is quite quick. Patients do not need to prepare anything when having an ultrasound to check blood flow in tissues and organs throughout the body. Through Doppler ultrasound of blood vessels, find and identify narrowed or completely blocked arteries and veins in the body, abnormalities such as atherosclerosis or blood clots to have an effective treatment plan; Evaluate blood clots in the deep venous system; Evaluate aneurysms or dilated blood vessels; Evaluate treatment effectiveness...

Deploying cardiac and vascular ultrasound on the GE-LOGIQ F6 ultrasound machine is very practical and timely in improving the quality of examination and treatment for patients, while affirming the active and proactive application of scientific technology, modern equipment and machinery, and the implementation of new techniques at Vinh Transport Hospital./.

Hoang Vinh