What is heart ultrasound (echocardiography)?
Heart Ultrasound provides the physician with moving images of your heart and takes excellent pictures that will help evaluate your heart health. The most common type of heart ultrasound is non-invasive and very easy on the patient. The physician uses a gel to slide a microphone-like device called a transducer over the chest area. This allows reflected sound waves to provide a live picture of your heart and valves. Heart Ultrasound uses the same technology that allows doctors to see an unborn baby inside a pregnant mother. No radiation is involved in heart ultrasound, and the technology can be used on people of all ages.
For more information, visit SeeMyHeart.
Heart Ultrasound provides the physician with moving images of your heart and takes excellent pictures that will help evaluate your heart health. The most common type of heart ultrasound is non-invasive and very easy on the patient. The physician uses a gel to slide a microphone-like device called a transducer over the chest area. This allows reflected sound waves to provide a live picture of your heart and valves. Heart Ultrasound uses the same technology that allows doctors to see an unborn baby inside a pregnant mother. No radiation is involved in heart ultrasound, and the technology can be used on people of all ages.
For more information, visit SeeMyHeart.
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