An ecHocardiogram is a test in which ultrasound is used to examine the heart. Displaying a cross-sectional "slice" of the beating heart, including the chambers, valves and the major blood vessels that exit from the left and right ventricle
2. An echocardiogram is a test in which
ultrasound is used to examine the heart.
Displaying a cross-sectional "slice" of the
beating heart, including the chambers, valves
and the major blood vessels that exit from the
left and right ventricle
M-mode
two- dimensional (2-D) Echo
Doppler Examination
3-D echo
3. Size of the chambers of the heart
Pumping function of the heart
Valve Function
Volume status
Other Uses: fluid in the pericardium,
congenital heart diseases, blood clots or
tumors within the heart