Question 1

can heart ultrasound show heart damage?

Accepted Answer

A cardiac echo: Or u/s is a dynamic study of heart function: wall motion, chamber filling and emptying, and valve motions. It can show damaged wall. It does nothing to detect coronary vessels.  It also can find pericardial fluid.

Question 2

please tell me what happens when getting a heart ultrasound?

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Echo: You lay on a table and a technician moves a probe painlessly over your chest.

Question 3

heart ultrasound done on 7 year old lved 2023 3.3 lvid 2.1. ef 68. ivs (ed) 0.5 ivs (es) 0.7 lvps (ed) 0.4 lvpw (es) 0.6 are these normal values?

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: Normal values are set locally or by country. ALWAYS INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR QUESTION! most of us here have not masters being able to look at her report to see what is normal for someone like her.

Question 4

my dr told me last year after my heart ultrasound that the back of my heart was slightly thicker. she wasn't worried. now i wonder, cardiomyopathy?

Accepted Answer

Why an U/S of heart: At 19 yrs of age why were you getting an echocardiogram of your heart in the first place? You shouldn't be having tests just to have tests! At 19 you should in general have serious heart issues. You live in Massachusetts. Go to Boston Children's with your results and speak to one of their cardiologists to allay your fears.

Question 5

would a fetal heart ultrasound find all problems if there were any?

Accepted Answer

No: No ultrasound can diagnose all problems in a baby, and fetal heart ultrasounds can miss problems too.  A good fetal echocardiogram should be able to diagnose most major heart defects in a fetus, but there are factors that can make the exam difficult, like the gestational age of the fetus, the position of the fetus, or a mother who is obese.

Question 6

what's a heart ultrasound for?

Accepted Answer

Echocardiogram: A heart ultrasound (echocardiogram) uses sound waves to evaluate the structure and function of the heart. It can discover congenital defects, valve disease, evaluate function, and look for evidence of infection.

Question 7

how does a heart ultrasound work?

Accepted Answer

Echocardiogram: Acoustic waves (in the mega-hz so they can't be heard) are sent from the probe and the time the reflected wave takes to return is measured. This is similar to sonar. For moving structures, like valves and blood, the machine takes advantage of the doppler    effect (notice the change in tone of the train whistle as it passes a station) to measure velocities.

Question 8

what does a heart ultrasound check?

Accepted Answer

A lot. It can show: Motion and function of valves, heart muscle thickness, chamber size, wall motion, ability of the atria and ventricles to empty, and can show valve incompetence.  It can show the pericardium and whether there is fluid, and how much, and if it impedes chamber filling or emptying (tamponade).

Question 9

what is a heart ultrasound used for?

Accepted Answer

Or Echocardiogram: Is a noninvasive way to evaluate overall heart size and function as well as valve function.

Question 10

could heart ultrasound detect heart damage?

Accepted Answer

Echo: Cardiac echo can detect heart damage.

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