Echocardiogram

Doppler Echocardiography, Heart Echocardiogram, Transesophageal Echocardiography, Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)

What To Think About

• An echocardiogram provides detailed information about how well the heart is working and possible causes of chest pain, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, and swelling.
• A transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) can be used to monitor your heart function during heart surgery, such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. TEE also can be used to guide some procedures done during a cardiac catheterization. For more information, see the medical test Cardiac Catheterization.

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Author:	Robin Parks, MS	Last Updated: December 24, 2007
Medical Review:	E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology
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