echocardiogram
noun
echo·car·dio·gram
ˌe-kō-ˈkär-dē-ə-ˌgram 
: a visual record made by echocardiography
also
: the procedure for producing such a record
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Heart function tests: Your healthcare provider may order an echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, and Holter monitor to examine your heart's function.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 8 June 2025
Initial-stage cardiovascular abnormalities are often asymptomatic, and early detection generally depends on routine health checkups, electrocardiograms, stress tests, echocardiograms and blood tests.
—Ramsha Waseem, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
The diseases were later confirmed via clinical validations, through electrocardiogram and 2D echocardiograms.
—Ramsha Waseem, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
Typically, healthcare providers perform a fetal echocardiogram in the second trimester, between weeks 18 and 22 of pregnancy.2
These images can help healthcare providers detect the early signs of some types of CHD.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2024
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 8 June 2025
Initial-stage cardiovascular abnormalities are often asymptomatic, and early detection generally depends on routine health checkups, electrocardiograms, stress tests, echocardiograms and blood tests.
—Ramsha Waseem, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
The diseases were later confirmed via clinical validations, through electrocardiogram and 2D echocardiograms.
—Ramsha Waseem, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
Typically, healthcare providers perform a fetal echocardiogram in the second trimester, between weeks 18 and 22 of pregnancy.2
These images can help healthcare providers detect the early signs of some types of CHD.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Echocardiogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echocardiogram. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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echocardiogram
noun
echo·car·dio·gram
ˌek-ō-ˈkärd-ē-ə-ˌgram
: a visual record made by echocardiography
also
: the procedure for producing such a record
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