|Tests and Services Routine Transthorasic Echocardiography
(ECHO) What problems can echocardiography diagnose? Several
cardiac conditions may be detected by echocardiography,
including the following: Echocardiography is utilized to
diagnose cardiac problems, as well as guide heart surgery and
complex cardiac catheterizations. Children’s developed one of
the first digital echocardiography laboratories in the world and
remains a leader in the development of new technologies to
optimize patient care. Our digital echocardiography laboratory
makes it seamless for physicians throughout the region, country
and world to instantly send Children’s cardiologists
echocardiograms for review 24/7 from any computer. - Heart
murmur - Chest pain - Congenital heart disease - Congestive
heart failure - Valve disease Children’s team offers inpatient
and outpatient echocardiography, as well as sedated procedures.
What is echocardiography? An echocardiogram is a test that uses
sound waves (ultrasound) to create images of the heart