Echocardiogram - A study using high-frequency sound waves to picture or visualize the heart chambers, the thickness of the muscle wall, the heart valves, and major blood vessels located near the heart. A non-invasive procedure.
Stress Echocardiogram - A stress test coupled with an echocardiogram before and after exercise. Your doctor will be able to tell if you have blocked or narrowed heart arteries by viewing how your heart muscle contracts in response to exercise.
Dr. Matzer has special expertise in echocardiography as she was the Medical Director of a hospital's outpatient echocardiography laboratory. She personally interprets her patient's echocardiograms.
