An echo test involves ultrasound-- high-frequency sound waves -- to evaluate the function of heart muscle and valves, the same technology used to ensure a developing baby is healthy. In a cardiac ...
Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Valvular heart disease, sometimes called heart valve disease, is when one or more ...
They were evaluated with a health questionnaire, clinical examination and transthoracic echocardiography, which is an ...
2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...
He said the standard method of diagnosing heart valve disease is with ultrasound method called echocardiography, which is limited to only one-directional flow imaging in the heart. Hospital ...