echocardiograph
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Definition
- Noun:
- A diagnostic instrument that uses ultrasound to create a moving image of the heart's structure and function. It is used to assess the heart's chambers, valves, and major blood vessels, and to detect abnormalities.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The cardiologist used an echocardiograph to check the patient's heart valve function.
- A portable echocardiograph was brought to the patient's bedside for an urgent examination.
- The echocardiograph revealed a small pericardial effusion.
Advanced Usage
- "To perform an echocardiograph": This phrase is less common. The standard phrasing is "to perform an echocardiogram" (the test) using an echocardiograph (the machine).
- The technician will perform an echocardiogram using the echocardiograph.
- The process or image produced is called an echocardiogram.
Variants and Related Words
- Echocardiography (n): The medical specialty or diagnostic procedure of using ultrasound to examine the heart.
- She specializes in pediatric echocardiography.
- Echocardiogram (n): The visual record or image produced by an echocardiograph.
- The doctor reviewed the echocardiogram.
- Transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE) (n): A standard echocardiograph where the transducer is placed on the chest wall.
- Transesophageal echocardiograph (TEE) (n): A specialized echocardiograph where the transducer is passed down the esophagus to get a closer image of the heart.
Synonyms
- Cardiac ultrasound machine: A descriptive synonym emphasizing the technology used.
- Echo machine: A common informal term used in clinical settings.
Related Phrases
- To undergo an echocardiogram: To have the test performed.
- The patient will undergo an echocardiogram tomorrow.
- Echocardiographic findings: The results or observations from the echocardiogram.
- The echocardiographic findings were consistent with heart failure.
Noun
- a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities