A test that uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to visualize structures within the heart.
A method using ultrasonic waves to study the structure and movement of the heart.
The use of ultrasound to examine the heart.
Diagnostic procedure that employs ultrasound to inspect the structures of the heart.
A medical procedure for examining heart problems using ultrasound.
Diagnostic procedure using ultrasound waves to study the heart, its structure and motions. It is used to assess disorders of cardiac muscle function or valve function, or other abnormalities.
A method of visualizing the heart by bouncing ultrasound waves off the heart and into a machine that translates the echoes into a computer generated image.
The use of ultrasound waves to investigate and display the action of the heart as it beats.
The use of ultrasonics for the purpose of examining the heart. By thus recording the echo (hence the name) from the heart of ultra-sound waves, it is possible to study, for example, the movements of the heart valves as well as the state of the interior of the heart. Safe, reliable and painless, the procedure reduces the need for the physically interventionist procedure of cardiac catheterization.
A noninvasive diagnostic method that uses ultrasound to visualize cardiac structures. The heart’s valves, walls, and chambers can be evaluated, and intracardiac masses or clots can often be seen.
A diagnostic examination that employs sound waves reflected from the heart muscle to study and analyze its structure and motion.
Echocardiography is a technique that utilizes ultrasound, which involves inaudible, high-frequency sound waves, to obtain images of the structure and movements of the heart.
Echocardiography is a diagnostic method employed to identify structural, as well as some functional, irregularities in the heart’s wall, chambers, valves, and large coronary arteries.
Additionally, this procedure serves as a diagnostic tool for identifying congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disorders), aneurysms (ballooning of the heart or blood vessel walls), pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart), and blood clots in the heart.
Echocardiography is a completely safe and painless procedure. It involves placing a transducer, which emits and receives sound signals, on the patient’s chest, or passing an ultrasound probe into the esophagus through a flexible endoscope (viewing tube). As ultrasound waves encounter different structures within the heart, they produce a complex series of echoes. These echoes are visualized on a screen and can be recorded or printed out for further examination.
Advancements, such as the use of multiple moving transducers and computer analysis, have significantly improved the quality of anatomical images of the heart, resulting in clearer and more detailed representations.
Doppler echocardiography is a technique utilized to measure the velocity (speed) of blood flow within the heart. It enables the evaluation of structural abnormalities like mitral valve prolapse and septal defects.