echocardiography
noun
echo·car·di·og·ra·phy
ˌe-kō-ˌkär-dē-ˈä-grə-fē 
plural echocardiographies
: the use of ultrasound to examine the structure and functioning of the heart for abnormalities and disease
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Next, to determine who really had heart disease, the patients underwent an echocardiography test.
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Typically, fetal echocardiography, an ultrasound of the baby's heart, is limited to high-risk cases such as for pregnant mothers with a family history or concerns detected in routine ultrasounds.
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The enlarged space will allow the hospital to expand its pediatric offerings beyond what is currently available at Mentor, including echocardiography.
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New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2026
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, which advises Congress on all this, has found that the trend has led to large shifts in Medicare billing for chemotherapy administration, echocardiography, cardiac imaging and office visits.
—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
Typically, fetal echocardiography, an ultrasound of the baby's heart, is limited to high-risk cases such as for pregnant mothers with a family history or concerns detected in routine ultrasounds.
—
Nada Hassanein,
USA TODAY,
8 Feb. 2023
The enlarged space will allow the hospital to expand its pediatric offerings beyond what is currently available at Mentor, including echocardiography.
—
Gretchen Cuda Kroen,
cleveland,
28 Sep. 2022
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echocardiography
noun
echo·car·di·og·ra·phy
-ˌkärd-ē-ˈäg-rə-fē
plural echocardiographies
: the use of ultrasound to examine and measure the structure and functioning of the heart and to diagnose abnormalities and disease
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