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What is a cardiac echo useful for?
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Echo: An echo is designed to provide structural and functional data on how the heart contracts and performs as a pump. It also provides valuable information on valvular function, and assessment of pericardial disease. It is helpful in triaging damage after a heart attack.
Answered 7/14/2013
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Echo is awesome: Great test to see cardiac function valve, ejection fraction diastolic function etc.
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