Echocardiography
Echocardiography at Wellington Hospital began in the mid 1970s with the availability of M-mode echo.
The original equipment was a module contained in a Honeywell multichannel recorder. It had a tiny screen on which to view the M-mode tracings.
A little later we acquired a Picker Echoview M-mode echocardiograph. This was a stand-alone piece of equipment and in time became useful in the assessment of mitral stenosis, LV function and pericardial effusion.
