A complete moving picture of your heart's structure and function — read by a Diplomate of the American Society of Echocardiography.
An echocardiogram is the definitive ultrasound study of your heart. Using sound waves, it produces detailed moving images of the heart's four chambers, its valves, and the great vessels — showing not just structure, but function, in real time. Dr. Kalafatic uses echocardiography to measure ejection fraction (how much blood your heart pumps with each beat), detect valve disease, assess damage after a heart attack, and evaluate murmurs, shortness of breath, and swelling. He is a Diplomate of the American Society of Echocardiography.
Ejection fraction and valve function guide nearly every major cardiac treatment decision. An echocardiogram measures both precisely, with zero radiation.
