Question

What is Echocardiography?

Answer 1

Echocardiography:

1. Echocardiography is an ultrasound of the heart.
2. It is used to visualize the movement and function of heart muscles and valves.
3. Through echocardiography, doctors can learn about the size, shape, and movement of your heart muscle, how the heart valves are working, how blood is flowing through your heart, and how your arteries are functioning.

Working:

1. Echocardiography uses high-frequency sound waves (also called ultrasound) that can provide a moving picture of your heart.
2. The sound waves are sent through the body with a device called a transducer.
3. The sound waves bounce off of the heart and return to the transducer as echoes.
4. The echoes are converted into images on a television monitor to produce pictures of your heart in motion.