An echocardiogram uses sound waves to produce images of your heart. This common test allows your doctor to see your heart beating and pumping blood. Your doctor can use the images from an echocardiogram to identify heart disease. Depending on what information your doctor needs, you may have one of several types of echocardiograms. Each type of echocardiogram involves few, if any, risks.
During ECG, patients are made to lie flat on a table and about 10 small, sticky sensors called electrodes will be attached to your arms, legs and chest. These are connected by wires to an ECG recording machine. Before attaching the electrodes, you will usually need to remove your upper clothing. While you lay flat, the computer machine records the signal activity in the form of wavy lines on a piece of paper. With this, the doctor or radiologists will be able to tell the cause of heart failure or chest pain. At Aarthi Scans, technicians are trained to guide the patients well and ensure a safe ECG process.
1. Check for problems with the valves or chambers of your heart.
2. Check if heart problems are the cause of symptoms such as shortness of breath or chest pain
3. Detect congenital heart defects before birth (fetal echocardiogram)
1. Assess the overall function of your heart.
2. Determine the presence of many types of heart disease, such as valve disease, myocardial disease, pericardial disease and congenital heart disease.
3. Follow the progress of valve disease over time.
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of your medical or surgical treatments.
A doctor will order an echocardiogram if they suspect that someone has heart problems. Signs and symptoms that may indicate a heart condition include:
1. An irregular heartbeat.
2. Shortness of breath.
3. Leg swelling.
4. Abnormal EKG results.
5. Unusual sounds between heartbeats, known as heart murmurs.
