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Do echocardiograms show heart strength?
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Yes: Yes, a good quality echocardiogram can show how the heart muscle is contracting and even give an estimate of the ejection fraction.
Answered 1/19/2017
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Yes: They measure ejection fraction amongst other extremely useful things.
Answered 3/18/2013
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Yes : Echo of the heart shows heart strength or ejection fraction and many other functions including valve function.
Answered 8/11/2017
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