What is an Echocardiogram?
An echocardiogram is a test that uses sound waves to produce live images of your heart.
This test allows your doctor to monitor how your heart and its valves are working.
Pictures can help them get information about
- Blood clots in the chambers of the heart
- Fluid in the sac around the heart
- Problems with the aorta, the main artery connected to the heart
- Problems with the pumping or relaxing function of the heart
- Problems with the function of your heart valves
- Heart pressure
An echocardiogram is key in determining the health of the heart muscle, especially after a heart attack.
It can also detect heart defects in unborn babies.
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