Echocardiogram
(Echo) produces images of the heart by using sound waves. These images
can help identify abnormalities of heart muscles or valves and fluid
around the heart.
How
it works
During
an echo, harmless sound waves are bounced off your heart, then beamed
back and converted to images on a screen. These images are used to see
the structure and movement of the heart's valves and chambers. A
Doppler echo may be used in the same way, bouncing sound waves off
heart chambers and blood vessels to view blood flow patterns and
valves.
