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Echocardiography (also called an ECHO or
Echocardiogram) is one of the key tools we use at RTIICS for
diagnosing heart disease in both men, women and children.
Echocardiography is a Non-Invasive Procedure that uses Ultrasound to
produce real-time images of the heart’s motion. The images are
served for viewing later on a monitor. Ultrasound sends
high-frequency sound waves through a transducer; the waves are then
reflected (echoed) off the various structures of the heart.
These images can reveal crucial information about your heart’s
condition to your Cardiologist. Echocardiography can help a
doctor to evaluate whether the heart chambers are of normal size and
the heart walls of normal thickness. Areas of poor blood flow
in the heart or any area of heart muscle that is not contracting
normally can also be determined from an Echocardiogram.
A Cardiologist will examine the test result
for any previous injury to the heart muscle caused by impaired blood
flow, or evidence of congestive Heart failure or a possible Heart
attack. Echo can also identify Congenital Heart Defects, which
are the Heart defects that have been present since birth.
At RTIICS, we have different types of Echocardiography for testing
different conditions. Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
for both adult and children and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography (DSE).
Echocardiography is a painless procedure and has no known risks
associated with it. For Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography no
prior appointment is needed. For Trans-Esophageal
Echocardiography and Dobutamine Stress
Echocardiography prior appointment is needed. |
