An echocardiogram, or echo, is a test that helps doctors check on your heart health. The test, which is a kind of ultrasound, uses harmless sound waves to create a real-time moving picture of your ...

Despite the importance of the information provided by echo, current guidelines do not include this examination among those routinely recommended for hypertensive patients, largely because of concern ...

July 4, 2011 (La Jolla, CA) — There is no reimbursement code, specifically, for listening to the heart using a stethoscope; nor is there one for watching it using a more sophisticated tool, also ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. – In clinics and doctors' offices of the future, small handheld echocardiography machines will be used to quickly screen patients' hearts for structural abnormalities that could ...

An ultrasound scan is one of the main tests doctors use to diagnose cholecystitis. On a scan, clinicians may be able to spot the presence of gallstones, which can cause this condition. Cholecystitis ...