An echocardiogram is a non-invasive painless test that allows cardiologists to see if your heart is functioning normally or if it is enlarged, weakened or has a damaged valve. Ultrasound waves are directed through the chest to the heart. The echoes of the sound waves are processed and used to produce images of the heart. Additionally, a trans-esophogeal echocardiogram (TEE) may be performed by having the patient swallow the ultrasound probe (following numbing medication to the throat and appropriate sedation). The TEE provides close-up images of the heart from the esophagus. This technique is an excellent way to search for blood clots in the atria. Your physician may request that you have a TEE prior to an electrical cardioversion or catheter ablation. Most patients tolerate this test quite well.
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- Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic
- Assistant Professor of Medicine; Associate Director, Cardiac Computed Tomography
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Echocardiography Laboratory
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, JHU
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
- Clinical Cardiologist
- Assistant Professor
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Director,Inpatient Cardiology
- Professor of Medicine; Chief, Clinical Cardiology; E. Cowles Andrus Professor of Cardiology
- Professor of Medicine, Radiology, and Epidemiology
- Assistant Professor
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Clinical Associate
- Clinical Cardiologist
- Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
- Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
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