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Echocardiogram

An echocardiogram, sometimes called an echo, uses sound waves to take moving pictures of your heart. The pictures help your provider look at your heart’s size, shape, chambers and valves.

Illustrative echocardiography equipment and examination table

Before you come in

Getting ready is a little different for each exam. Follow the instructions we send you. If you have questions about what to wear, your medications or getting home afterward, give us a call before your visit.

We’ll send your eForms by email or text. You can also find them in your patient portal.

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Echocardiography equipment reference

Dr D. Malleswara Rao · CC BY-SA 4.0. Original image unchanged. Equipment at another facility, not Northern Lights Imaging.

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