What is an Echocardiogram
June 16, 2010 by Jodi Barnhart
Filed under Heart Tests
An echocardiogram evaluates the overall function of the heart. It is used to determine if a patient has cardiovascular disease. It’s an ultrasound for the heart – detecting waves of sound frequencies. Sound is made up of lots of different frequency waves. This high frequency is an ultrasound. It’s too high to hear with the [...]
