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Echocardiogram Visualizes Heart Function

One of the best ways to learn about the heart is to watch it work.  But how can you do that, considering that if you open up the thoracic cavity, then slice open the heart, youd break it?

But biomedical science has shown us another way to see the parts of the heart and how they work.  Its called echocardiography.

Its a technique that uses the same technology as the sonograms youve seen of fetuses inside their mothers belly.  Basically, it bounces sound waves through the body and makes an image of whatever bounces back (an echo). But echocardiography is adapted specifically to the heart and its function.

Want to see echocardiography in action and better visualize heart function? Try watching this video.


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