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what the risks are circulatory system, transthoracic echocardiogram, tte, echocardiogram, transthoracic, doppler ultrasound, the heart, surface echo, echocardiogram, test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture, the heart, picture is much more detailed than x-ray image, involves no radiation exposure, a trained sonographer performs the test, physician interprets the results, an instrument that transmits high-frequency sound waves, a transducer, on ribs near the breast bone, directed toward the heart, transducer picks up the echoes, the sound waves, transmits them, electrical impulses, echocardiography machine converts these impulses into moving pictures, the heart, echocardiogram works well, most patients, allows doctors, the heart beating, to visualize many, the structures, the heart, lungs, ribs, body tissue, prevent the sound waves, echoes from providing a clear picture of heart function, sonographer, administer a small amount, a dye, an iv to better see the inside, the heart, very rarely, invasive testing using special echocardiography probes necessary, echocardiogram is unclear, due to a barrel chest, congestive obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, choose to perform a transesophageal echocardiogram, tee, tee, back of throat is anesthetized, a scope is inserted down throat, on the end, the scope, ultrasonic device that an experienced technician, guide down, lower part, the esophagus, where it is used, obtain a more clear two-dimensional echocardiogram of heart, , no special preparation, asked, disrobe, waist up, lie on an examination table on back, electrodes, placed onto chest, an ecg to be done, a gel, spread on chest, transducer, applied, feel a slight pressure on chest, transducer, breathe, certain way, to roll over onto left side, this test is performed to evaluate the valves, chambers, the heart, noninvasive manner, echocardiogram allows doctors to evaluate heart murmurs, check the pumping function, the heart, evaluate patients, had heart attacks, a very good screening test, heart disease in certain groups of patients, a normal echocardiogram reveals normal heart valves, chambers, normal heart wall movement, an abnormal echocardiogram, mean many things, abnormalities, very minor, not pose significant risks, abnormalities, signs of very serious heart disease, require further evaluation by a specialist, very important to discuss the results of echocardiogram in depth, no known risks associated, abnormal results, indicate heart valve disease, cardiomyopathy, pericardial effusion, cardiac abnormalities, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, aortic dissection, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, arrhythmias, arterial embolism, atrial fibrillation/flutter, atrial myxoma, left, atrial myxoma, right, atrial septal defect, cardiac tamponade, cardiogenic shock, coarctation, the aorta, ectopic heartbeat, heart attack, heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic cardiomyopathy, infective endocarditis, ischemic cardiomyopathy, left-sided heart failure, mitral regurgitation, acute, mitral regurgitation, chronic, mitral stenosis, mitral valve prolapse, patent ductus arteriosus, pericarditis, bacterial, pericarditis, constrictive, pericarditis, post-mi, peripartum cardiomyopathy, primary amyloidosis, primary pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary valve stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy, right-sided heart failure, secondary systemic amyloidosis, senile cardiac amyloidosis, stroke, tetralogy of fallot, transient ischemic attack, tia, transposition, the great vessels, tricuspid regurgitation, ventricular septal defect.