Ecg vs. Echocardiography

Ecgnoun

a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

Echocardiographynoun

(medicine) The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.

Echocardiographynoun

a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart

Echocardiography

An echocardiography, echocardiogram, cardiac echo or simply an echo, is an ultrasound of the heart. It is a type of medical imaging of the heart, using standard ultrasound or Doppler ultrasound.Echocardiography has become routinely used in the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of patients with any suspected or known heart diseases.