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An echocardiogram uses sound waves to produce images of your heart. This common test allows your doctor to see your heart beating and pumping blood.

Why it's done

Definition

  • ​Check for problems with the valves or chambers of your heart

  • Check if heart problems are the cause of symptoms such as shortness of breath or chest pain

  • Detect congenital heart defects before birth (fetal echocardiogram)

How you prepare?

No special preparations are necessary for a standard transthoracic echocardiogram. You can eat, drink and take medications as you normally would.

Echo-cardiogram
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