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echocardiogram

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What is echocardiogram?

Echocardiogram is a test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart. The picture is much more detailed than x-ray image and involves no radiation exposure.

Alternative Names:

Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE); Echocardiogram - transthoracic; Doppler ultrasound of the heart; Surface echo

Posts on echocardiogram (371)

I'm a 48 year-old male. I had bypass surgery this past May, and in early July was diagnosed...
I've been a type 1 diabetic for 22 years (24 years old now, diagnosed at 22 months and have...
am 33 year old family, weigh 179 pounds and have normal to low blood pressure. My regular ...
I have MVP based on echo. It showed a normal heart with trace mitral valve regurgitation. N...
am 33 year old family, weigh 179 pounds and have normal to low blood pressure. My regular ...
I have noticed that my sons eyes are often very dilated. He has been a severe migraine su...
I am a 37 year year old female. I have hashimoto's disease, endometrioisis and interstitial...
I started to see a cardiologist for palpitations. He ordered an echocardiogram. Since the t...
In my very recent echocardiogram it said grade 1 left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, im...
Last night when I was saying good night to my 14 yo son, I noticed a buldge at the area of ...

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by lavenderinscence, Oct 27, 2008 08:27PM - 4 Comments
I am sick of this. There was NOTHING wrong with me 3 months ago. It all started with a...

New protocol - New concerns


by Nyxie63, Aug 28, 2008 05:52AM
Now that I'm off the IV Rocephin and the picc is out, the doc wants to start me on a p...

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