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2. Echocardiography - Wikipedia

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   Sonographer doing an echocardiogram of a child Echocardiogram in the parasternal long-axis view, showing a measurement of the heart's left ventricle. Health societies recommend the use of echocardiography for initial diagnosis when a change in the patient's clinical status occurs and when new data from an echocardiogram would result in the physician changing the patient's care. [7]

3. Cardiac imaging - Wikipedia

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   Apical four chamber ultrasound view of heart. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) uses ultrasonic waves for continuous heart chamber and blood movement visualization. It is the most commonly used imaging tool for diagnosing heart problems, as it allows non-invasive visualization of the heart and the blood flow through the heart, using a technique known as Doppler.

4. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Heart disease is a type of cardiovascular disease that affects the heart’s structure and function. ... or when heart disease is diagnosed on a test like an echocardiogram or cardiac stress test ...

5. Transthoracic echocardiogram - Wikipedia

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   A transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) is the most common type of echocardiogram, which is a still or moving image of the internal parts of the heart using ultrasound. In this case, the probe (or ultrasonic transducer ) is placed on the chest or abdomen of the subject to get various views of the heart.

6. Doppler echocardiography - Wikipedia

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   Doppler echocardiography is a procedure that uses Doppler ultrasonography to examine the heart. [1] An echocardiogram uses high frequency sound waves to create an image of the heart while the use of Doppler technology allows determination of the speed and direction of blood flow by utilizing the Doppler effect .

7. Left ventricular hypertrophy - Wikipedia

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   The commonly used method to diagnose LVH is echocardiography, with which the thickness of the muscle of the heart can be measured.The electrocardiogram (ECG) often shows signs of increased voltage from the heart in individuals with LVH, so this is often used as a screening test to determine who should undergo further testing.