echocardiography: a diagnostic test that uses high-frequency ultrasound waves to visualize structures in the heart and thus help doctors determine how well the heart is pumping and how well the heart valves are working
A procedure that uses ultrasonic waves directed over the chest wall to obtain a graphic record of the heart's position, motion of the walls, or internal parts such as the valves.
The use of ultrasonic waves (an ultrasound) to visualize the size, movement, chambers, valves and surrounding tissues of the heart.
a noninvasive technique to examine the heart with ultrasound imaging; the frequency used for ultrasound ranges from 1 million to 7 million cycles per second. The echocardiogram helps confirm the presence of an enlarged heart, poor heart function, narrowed heart valve, motion of the heart muscle. Combined with a doppler device (to assess blood flow) and special imaging techniques, echocardiography can measure cardiac output.
a technique that views the heart valves using sound waves and a computer generated image. Also called a heart ultrasound.
A diagnostic test in which pulses of sound are transmitted into the body and the echos returning from the surfaces of the heart and other structures are electronically plotted and recorded to produce a "picture" of the heart's size, shape and movement.
a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart
a method of ultrasound imaging
a procedure that uses ultrasound waves to create an image of the heart muscle
A procedure in which pulses of sound are transmitted into the body and the echoes from the heart are recorded and charted. The Doppler color flow gives a picture to show the direction of blood flow.
is one of the most important non-invasive techniques used in the diagnosis of heart disease today
A diagnostic method in which pulses of sound are transmitted into the body. The echoes returning from the surfaces of the heart and other structures are plotted and recorded as an electronic picture.
A diagnostic procedure used to study the structure and motion of the heart.
Echocardiography is the process whereby an echocardiogram is performed and interpreted.
Echocardiography is a diagnostic test which uses ultrasound waves to make images of the heart chambers, valves and surrounding structures. It can measure cardiac output and is a sensitive test for inflammation around the heart ( pericarditis). It can also be used to detect abnormal anatomy or infections of the heart valves.
Use of ultrasound in the investigation of the heart and great vessels and diagnosis of cardiovascular lesions.
An ultrasound study that evaluates the direction and velocity of blood flow.
Cardiac imaging study that uses sound waves to create images of the heart; shows heart's motion and size of its chambers.
A diagnostic procedure for studying the structure and motion of the heart by using ultrasonic waves which are reflected backward ('echoed') when they pass from one type of tissue to another.
A noninvasive test that uses sound waves to produce images of the heart on a monitor.
The procedure of taking echocardiograms. See ' Echocardiogram'.
A test that obtains an image of the structure and motion of the heart using ultrasound (inaudible, high-frequency sound waves). Used to detect cardiomyopathy and other abnormalities of the heart wall, valves and large blood vessels.
a computer procedure that studies or evaluates of the heart's function by using soundwaves recorded on an electronic sensor that produces a moving picture of the heart and heart valves.
A test used to help diagnose heart failure. Also called an "Echo," noiseless sound waves are emitted from the machine towards the heart that create a picture of the chambers and the valves of the heart as it beats.
A diagnostic method in which sound waves are used to view and record pictures of the heart and other structures.
noninvasive cardiac imaging procedure used to diagnose heart disease, valve disorders (valvular heart disease), weakened heart muscle, fluid around the heart (pericarditis), and other abnormalities or defects by reflecting sound waves off the heart
Examination of the heart by means of ultrasonic sound waves, for the purpose of disease diagnosis; also known as cardiac ultrasound.
an ultrasonic study that evaluates the heart's function by using soundwaves to produce a moving picture of the heart and its valves.
use of ultrasound waves to look at structural and functional abnormalities of the heart (similar to the use of ultrasound In pregnancy).
Ultrasonic waves directed through the chest wall to graphically record the position and motion of the heart walls and internal heart structure.
A diagnostic technique used for cardiac function whereby sound pulses are transmitted into the body to the heart and the returning echoes are electronically recorded.
Examination of the heart by means of ultrasound, incl. Doppler
(ECHO) — sound-wave viewing of the heart.
A method of studying the heart's structure and function by analyzing sound waves bounced off the heart and recorded by an electronic sensor placed on the chest. A computer processes the information to produce a one-, two- or three-dimensional moving picture that shows how the heart and heart valves are functioning.
A test that bounces sound waves off the heart to produce pictures of its internal structures.
a computer procedure that studies or evaluates the heart's function by bouncing sound waves off the heart which are recorded by an electric sensor on the chest. The sensor produces a moving picture of the heart and heart valves.
Recording sound waves bounced off the heart to produce images of the heart.
a diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to make images of the heart. It can be used to assess the health of the valves and chambers of the heart, as well as to measure cardiac output. Ectoderm: The primary germ layer that gives rise to the nervous system and the epidermis of skin and its derivatives. Effector: An organ of the body, either a muscle or a gland, that responds to a motor neuron impulse. Eicosanoids: Local hormones derived from a 20-carbon fatty acid (arachidonic acid); two important types are prostaglandins and leukotrienes.
A noninvasive cardiac imaging procedure, developed in the 1960s, now widely used to diagnose congenital heart disease, valve disorders (valvular heart disease), weakened heart muscle (cardiomyopathy), fluid around the heart, and other abnormalities or defects. Echocardiography uses an ultrasound machine, which bounces sound waves at tissues of the heart and records an image using the patterns made by reflected sound (or "echoes") from the heart tissue. Echocardiography has been a major advance in managing all types of heart disease.
is an imaging procedure that creates a graphic outline of the heart's movement using high-frequency sound waves.
A noninvasive diagnostic test of the heart's structure and function by analyzing sound waves (sonogram) bounced off the heart.
Ultrasound examination of the heart.
uses high frequency sound waves and a computer to "see" inside the body.
A noninvasive procedure that utilizes reflected ultrasonic waves (echoes) directed to the heart that are converted and recorded as an image showing internal structures. It is used to study the heart structure and motion in diagnosis of pathologic cardiovascular changes.
The echocardiogram is an ultrasound of the heart. Using standard ultrasound techniques, two-dimensional slices of the heart can be imaged. The latest ultrasound systems now employ 3D real-time imaging.