Echocardiogram
Alternate Names : Doppler Ultrasound of the Heart, Echocardiogram - Transthoracic, Surface Echo, Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)
DefinitionEchocardiogram is a test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart. The picture is much more detailed than X-ray image and involves no radiation exposure.
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• How will the Test Feel?
• Normal Values
• What do Abnormal Results Mean?
• Special Considerations
• Risks
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• Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
• Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Insufficiency
• Aortic Stenosis
• Arrhythmias
• Arterial Embolism
• Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter
• Atrial Myxoma - Left
• Atrial Myxoma - Right
• Atrial Septal Defect
• Cardiac Amyloidosis
• Cardiac Tamponade
• Cardiogenic Shock
• Cardiomyopathy
• Coarctation of the Aorta
• Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• Ectopic Heartbeat
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Hypertensive Heart Disease
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Infectious Endocarditis
• Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
• Left-Sided Heart Failure
• Lung Disease
• Mitral Regurgitation - Acute
• Mitral Regurgitation - Chronic
• Mitral Stenosis
• Mitral Valve Prolapse
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus
• Pericarditis
• Pericarditis - After Heart Attack
• Pericarditis - Bacterial
• Pericarditis - Constrictive
• Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
• Primary Amyloidosis
• Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
• Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
• Right-Sided Heart Failure
• Secondary Systemic Amyloid
• Stroke
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
• Transposition of the Great Vessels
• Tricuspid Regurgitation
• Ventricular Septal Defect
Tests & Exams
• ECG
• X-Ray
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