[Echocardiography in infirmary].

Cardiovascular diseases are the 1st death cause worldwide in the beginning of the third millennium. Due to its high incidence and fatal complications the study of ischaemic cardiopathy had great importance. Echocardiography is an image diagnostic technique, based on the use of ultrasound, applied in the evaluation and recognition of cardiovascular diseases. It is non invasive, harmless, accessible, easy to made and quick to interpret, safe and cheaper than others imaging techniques, its continuous development has allow its use in all cardiology fields. An area where the nursing staff begin their participation in the National Institute of Cardiology "Ignacio Chavez" is the Echocardiography Department where the nurse professional profile must embrace knowledge in different areas, with an active participation in the echocardiographic studies and protocols, optimizing the patient's quality of attention with the use of Nursing Attention Process based in the theory of Dorothea Orem with the aim of standardize and improve the patient's quality of attention along with the interdisciplinary team.