echocardiogram

noun

echo·​car·​dio·​gram ˌe-kō-ˈkär-dē-ə-ˌgram How to pronounce echocardiogram (audio)
: a visual record made by echocardiography
also : the procedure for producing such a record

Examples of echocardiogram in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the new echocardiogram showed that her mitral valve between the left atrium and ventricle was letting blood surge backwards into the lungs. Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2022 The Medical Exams Since 1987, doctors with IU Health, a healthcare system affiliated with Indiana University School of Medicine, perform x-rays, MRIs, echocardiograms, EKGs, blood and drug tests, and other exams at each year’s Combine. Chris Deubert, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 After seeing multiple doctors, she was finally diagnosed by a cardiologist who performed a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) test, which photographs the heart using high frequency sound waves. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024 Athletes who have an abnormal EKG might be sent for an echocardiogram, an ultrasound of the organ. Linda Carroll, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2023 The grainy images of the echocardiogram provided an answer: One valve, which is supposed to open and close with every heartbeat to let blood flow into the body, was almost completely closed. Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023 Before dawn on March 28, Mr. Albright went to Pittsburgh for an echocardiogram. Emily Baumgaertner Brian Kaiser, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023 After the patient is stable, doctors will begin searching for the cause using an electrocardiogram (measuring electrical signals for heart function), echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) and MRI of the heart. Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023 At the same time, Sara and Jason Sr., who works installing security screens, worried about the boys — who were both tested for restrictive cardiomyopathy at 3 and 6 months of age, with echocardiograms and bloodwork — and initially showed no signs of the disease. Christina Fuoco-Karasinski, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of echocardiogram was in 1967

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“Echocardiogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echocardiogram. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

echocardiogram

noun
echo·​car·​dio·​gram ˌek-ō-ˈkärd-ē-ə-ˌgram How to pronounce echocardiogram (audio)
: a visual record made by echocardiography
also : the procedure for producing such a record

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