Echocardiography – What you need to know

Richard Grimm, DO, Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory, and Helga Lombardo, RDCS, FASE Supervisor, Echocardiography Lab, answer many of the common questions patients have about the echocardiogram such as what it is, how to prepare for it, how doctors choose the type of echo to use, how the echo is performed and what the test results show.