Echocardiogram (Echo) - American Heart Association
2022年12月7日 · An echo test can allow your health care team to look at your heart’s structure and check how well your heart functions. The test helps your health care team find out: The size and shape of your heart, and the size, thickness and movement of your heart’s walls. How your heart moves during heartbeats. The heart’s pumping strength.
What Is an Echocardiogram? An echocardiogram is a test that takes moving pictures of the heart with sound waves. Your doctor might use this test to look at your heart’s structure and to check how well your heart is working. An echocardiogram is also called an echo test or heart ultrasound.
Echocardiogram (Echo) - American Heart Association CPR & First Aid
2022年12月7日 · An echo test can allow your health care team to look at your heart’s structure and check how well your heart functions. The test helps your health care team find out: The size and shape of your heart, and the size, thickness and movement of your heart’s walls. How your heart moves during heartbeats. The heart’s pumping strength.
Transesophageal Echocardiography - American Heart Association
2023年8月18日 · Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a test that produces pictures of your heart. TEE uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to make detailed pictures of your heart and the arteries that lead to and from it.
Testing for Heart Valve Problems - American Heart Association
2024年5月30日 · An echocardiogram (echo) is a test that uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to make pictures of your heart. The test is also called echocardiography. Why do I need an echocardiogram?
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) | American Heart Association
2022年12月7日 · An electrocardiogram — abbreviated as EKG or ECG — measures the electrical activity of the heartbeat. With each beat, an electrical impulse (or “wave”) travels through the heart. This electrical wave causes the muscle to squeeze and pump blood from the heart.
Common Tests for Heart Failure - American Heart Association
2023年6月14日 · Echocardiography (abbreviated as "echo") An echocardiogram is a generally painless imaging procedure that uses sound waves to examine the heart's structure and motion. How echocardiography is performed: You might need to be sedated, depending on what type of echo you are having done.
Ejection Fraction Heart Failure Measurement
2023年6月14日 · A normal heart’s ejection fraction is between 55 and 70 percent. This indication of how well your heart is pumping out blood can help to diagnose and track heart failure. It is important to note, however, that you can have a normal ejection fraction measurement and still have heart failure.
Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Test - American Heart Association
2023年4月13日 · What is a CAC Test? A CAC test, also called a heart scan, is a CT scan of your heart done with a multidetector CT (MDCT) that takes detailed images of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. The images show calcium deposits you …
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (Nuclear Stress) Test
2023年8月18日 · Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a non-invasive imaging test that shows how well blood flows through your heart muscle. It can show areas of the heart muscle that aren’t getting enough blood flow.