echocardiogram
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- noun
- /ˌɛkoʊˈkɑrdioʊɡræm/
- Specialized
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ecocardiograma
- Patients who survived the acute phase were transferred to the general ward, where an echocardiogram was done.
- a transthoracic echocardiogram
- echocardiogram showed
- echocardiogram revealed
I'd done a stress test, done echocardiograms and things like that.
- I'd done a stress test, done echocardiograms and things like that.
- The operating table, or was it a bed, held me during the impromptu cardio echocardiogram.
- They say chug this can of diet Doctor Pepper and then quickly get up on the table and we'll do the echocardiogram.
- So she's going to get an echocardiogram at the end of the month because she has to be put under for her teeth cleaning.
- So we do Ecgs, echocardiograms, we do minor surgeries, TRTHRT.
Examples
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Her postoperative transthoracic echocardiogram showed good right ventricular contractility with no residual thrombus in the right atrium.
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Doctors follow up all children, including those who do not appear to have coronary involvement, usually with echocardiograms.
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Find out if you have direct access to echocardiogram and BNP testing in your local area.
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At this time, an echocardiogram showed good left ventricular function.
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Her initial echocardiogram has been normal, and she is under cardiac follow-up.
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The patient's cardiac echocardiogram did not reveal any vegetations and was otherwise unremarkable.
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Serial echocardiograms are not usually required unless the patient presents with new or worsening symptoms.
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An echocardiogram showed a normal left ventricular ejection fraction of 65% and well-deployed closure of ASD.
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In Jed's case, the echocardiogram revealed an ejection fraction of 34%, suggesting significant left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD).
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A special test called an echocardiogram uses sound waves to examine the heart.
Synonyms
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A scan using high sound waves to make images of the inside of the body
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An image of the inside of the body made by sound waves to check a baby or organs
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A medical test that uses sound waves to make moving pictures of the heart
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An image made with sound waves to show internal organs or a baby before birth
A picture of the inside of the body made using sound waves for doctors to check
A medical scan that uses sound waves to make pictures of the inside of the body
How Informative
Surface Forms
Morphology
echocardiogram = cardiogram (semi-transparent) = echo + cardio + gram
The term is built from recognizable medical elements, but the exact meaning 'ultrasound image of the heart' is specialized rather than fully predictable.
Etymology
Echocardiogram has three parts: echo 'sound', cardio 'heart', and -gram 'a record', like in diagram. So it literally means a 'sound record of the heart', which is why this test uses sound waves to make pictures of the heart.