Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births per year in the United States, according to the CDC. About one in four infants with a congenital heart ...

The probe used in a fetal echocardiogram is called a transducer. It emits ultrasonic sound waves into your belly that create an image on the doctor’s screen. These sound waves are at a frequency that ...

An echocardiogram is the primary diagnostic tool used for tricuspid regurgitation. Also called a diagnostic cardiac ultrasound, this test uses ultrasound technology to produce images of your heart’s ...

Standard echocardiograms which image the heart using ultrasound waves -- much like the ultrasound images used during pregnancy to monitor fetal development -- can be used as a screening tool to spot ...

A new study has found no evidence that patients who had a heart ultrasound known as an echocardiogram before major surgery had improved survival rates one month or one year after their operation. A ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. – ECU Health Medical Center’s Echocardiography Laboratory (Echo lab) earned a 20 Year Bronze Accreditation Milestone for its reaccreditation and pediatric echocardiography ...

Researchers find machine learning can classify heart anatomy on an ultrasound scan faster, more accurately and more efficiently than a human. Abrar Al-Heeti Senior Technology Reporter Abrar Al-Heeti ...

CROWN POINT | St. Anthony Medical Center recently honored the third class of graduates from its school of echocardiography, which is the only accredited program of its kind in Indiana and among just ...