Echocardiography
Echocardiography Echocardiography is the use of ultrasound waves to investigate the actions of the heart. An echocardiogram, sometimes called an echo, uses two-dimensional, three-dimensional and Doppler ultrasound to create pictures of the heart. The ultrasound creates pictures of the heart’s chambers, valves, walls and blood vessels. To perform an echocardiogram, a probe called a transducer is passed over the […]
