Echocardiography ( Echo) , Colour Doppler test

Echocardiography uses ultrasound waves to create a picture of the heart, called an echocardiogram (echo).

It is a noninvasive medical procedure that produces no radiation and does not typically cause side effects.

During an echocardiogram, a doctor can see:

• the size and thickness of the chambers how the valves of the heart are functioning the direction of blood flow through the heart any blood clots in the heart areas of damaged or weak cardiac muscle tissue problems affecting the pericardium, which is the fluid-filled sac around the heart causes of a stroke
• Doctors also use echocardiography when they want to examine a person’s general heart health, especially after a heart attack or stroke.