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When your doctor informs you that you need the Echocardiogram procedure performed it can be scary. Learn exactly what the procedure involves, the reasons it needs to be performed and what the next steps could be.

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Why Echocardiogram is Performed


Alternate Names for Echocardiogram:
Echo
Heart ultrasound
Ultrasound of the heart



Reasons for Test

An echocardiogram may be used to:

  • Evaluate a heart murmur
  • Diagnose valve conditions
  • Find changes in the heart's structure
  • Assess motion of the chamber walls and damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack
  • Assess how different parts of the heart work in people with chronic heart disease
  • Determine if fluid is collecting around the heart
  • Identify growths in the heart
  • Assess and monitor congenital defects
  • Test blood flow through the heart
  • Assess heart or major blood vessel damage caused by trauma
  • Test heart function and diagnose heart and lungs problems in very ill patients
  • Assess chest pain
  • Look for blood clots within heart chambers
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Learn what the procedure is. Find out how it is performed.
Reasons For Echocardiogram
Reasons For
Find out why and when this procedure should be done.
Echocardiogram Complications
Complications
Learn about possible complications and what might increase the risk of them.
Echocardiogram Details
What to Expect
Find out how long it will take, what they will be doing and what to expect afterwards.
Echocardiogram Results
Results
What are the next steps and other possible tests needed after you have received the results.
When to Contact Doctor about Echocardiogram
Call Your Doctor
What to look out for and when to call your doctor after a procedure has been done.

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