What problems can echocardiography diagnose?
Several diseases of the heart may be detected by echocardiography, including: • Aneurysm • Cardiomyopathy • Congenital heart disease • Congestive heart failure • Pericarditis • Valve disease Echocardiography is utilized to diagnose cardiac problems, as well as guide heart surgery and complex cardiac catheterizations. Children’s developed one of the first digital echocardiography laboratories in the world and remains a leader in the development of new technologies to optimize patient care. Our digital echocardiography laboratory makes it seamless for physicians throughout the region, country and world to instantly send Children’s cardiologists echocardiograms for review 24/7 from any computer. Many types of specialized echocardiography services are offered, including: • Transesophageal echocardiography • Intracardiac echocardiography • Fetal Heart Program • Three-dimensional • Tissue Doppler imaging • Adult congenital heart disease • Cardiac resynchronization evaluation • Carotid artery
