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Heart Health Test
Echocardiogram (Heart Echo Scan)
Advanced Cardiac Ultrasound Imaging
An Echocardiogram, often referred to as an "echo," is a non-invasive diagnostic test that uses ultrasound technology to create detailed images of the heart. It allows healthcare professionals to assess the heart's structure, function, and blood flow.
An echocardiogram uses ultrasound waves to create moving pictures of your heart, allowing doctors to see how well your heart is pumping and identify any structural problems.
This advanced test provides crucial information about your heart valves, chambers, and overall cardiac function.
What's Included:
- Comprehensive heart ultrasound
- Valve function assessment
- Chamber size evaluation
- Pumping efficiency measurement
- Blood flow analysis
- Specialist interpretation
- Detailed report with images
What Is It?
A sophisticated ultrasound test that creates detailed moving images of your heart to assess its structure and function.
How It Works
During an echocardiogram, a trained sonographer or cardiologist uses a transducer (a handheld device) to emit high-frequency sound waves. These sound waves bounce off the heart's structures and return to the transducer, creating real-time images on a monitor.
Understanding Your Results
Echocardiograms provide crucial information including cardiac structure assessment (size, shape, thickness of chambers and valves), valvular function evaluation, blood flow analysis, and detection of congenital abnormalities.
Why It's Important
Echocardiograms are essential in diagnosing and monitoring various heart conditions, including valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, heart failure, congenital heart defects, and pericardial diseases.
Note: Performed at our partner clinic, The National Heart Clinic, with state-of-the-art imaging facilities in the Harley Street area.
