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Circulatory system

Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE); Echocardiogram - transthoracic; Doppler ultrasound of the heart; Surface echo

There are no known risks associated with this test.

Abnormal results may indicate heart valve disease, cardiomyopathy, pericardial effusion, or other cardiac abnormalities. Additional conditions under which the test may be performed include the following:

• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
• Aortic dissection
• Aortic insufficiency
• Aortic stenosis
• Arrhythmias
• Arterial embolism
• Atrial fibrillation/flutter
• Atrial myxoma
• Atrial septal defect
• Cardiac tamponade
• Cardiogenic shock
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Ectopic heartbeat
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Hypertensive heart disease
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Idiopathic cardiomyopathy
• Infective endocarditis
• Ischemic cardiomyopathy
• Left-sided heart failure
• Mitral regurgitation; acute
• Mitral regurgitation; chronic
• Mitral stenosis
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Pericarditis; bacterial
• Pericarditis; constrictive
• Pericarditis; post-MI
• Peripartum cardiomyopathy
• Primary amyloidosis
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary valve stenosis
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Right-sided heart failure
• Secondary systemic amyloidosis
• Senile cardiac amyloidosis
• Stroke
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
• Transposition of the great vessels
• Tricuspid regurgitation
• Ventricular septal defect

Review Date: 07/17/2006
Reviewed By: Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.