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Echocardiogram
An echocardiogram, or echo, is an ultrasound study of your heart muscle, heart valves and pericardium (the sac surrounding your heart). This painless test uses sound waves to see how well your heart is working. A wand-like instrument makes the sound waves. As the ultrasound wand is moved over your chest, pictures of your heart appear on a screen and are digitally recorded and saved electronically. An echocardiogram takes about 30 to 45 minutes to complete. On the day of your appointment, go to the second floor of Abbott Northwestern’s Heart Hospital to Cardiovascular Diagnostic Services. (Choose from the following links to view maps and directions or a campus guide.) When you register, you will be given a pager, which we will use to notify you when we’re ready for your test to begin. A technician will escort you to the exam room.
Other tests for this sub-specialty
Specializing Cardiologists
- Richard Y. Bae, MD
- Shalini Bobra, MD
- Durand E. Burns, MD, FACC
- James A. Daniel, MD, FACC
- Timothy G. Dirks, MD
- Bjorn P. Flygenring, MD, FACC
- Elizabeth Z. Grey, MD
- Kevin M. Harris, MD, FACC, FASE
- William T. Hession, MD, FACC
- Mark A. Houghland, MD
- David G. Hurrell, MD, FACC
- Randall K. Johnson, MD, FACC
- Thomas Knickelbine, MD, FACC
- Casey M. Lawler, MD, FACC
- Terrence F. Longe, MD, FACC
- James D. Madison, MD, FACC
- Richard R. Nelson, MD, FACC
- Quirino G. Orlandi, MD
- Luis A. Pagan-Carlo, MD, FACC
- Scott W. Sharkey, MD, FACC
- Peter Stokman, MD
- Norma Thiessen, MD
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