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Echocardiography (ECHO) is a non-invasive diagnostic test that uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to create images of the heart. It allows doctors to visualize the heart's structures, assess how well the heart is functioning, and detect abnormalities in the heart's chambers, valves, and blood flow. It is a vital tool in diagnosing and monitoring heart conditions
Although pulmonary medicine only began to evolve as a medical specialty in the 1950s, William Welch and William Osler founded the ‘parent’ organization of the American Thoracic Society
One of the first major discoveries relevant to the field of pulmonology was the discovery of pulmonary circulation. Originally, it was thought that blood reaching the right side of the heart passed through small ‘pores’ in the septum into the left side to be oxygenated, as theorized by Galen; however, the discovery of pulmonary circulation disproves this theory, which had previously been accepted since the 2nd century. Thirteenth century anatomist and physiologist Ibn Al-Nafis accurately theorized that there was no ‘direct’ passage between the two sides.
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