0 a test using ultrasound (= sound waves used to produce an image of the inside of someone's body) to examine the structure of the heart and how well it is working: --
The postnatal echocardiogram confirmed the fetal diagnosis, showing a bicuspid aortic valve with an eccentric orifice.
We thank our many colleagues for letting us use the echocardiograms of patients under their care.
An echocardiogram at that time revealed absence of the right pulmonary artery.
This course within the left atrial wall (truly intramural) could not be seen even on retrospective evaluation of the echocardiograms and angiograms.
This was despite two separate echocardiograms in two different centers, both performed by experienced echocardiographers but using portable equipment.
The next echocardiogram was performed at the 33rd week of gestation.
Fetal echocardiograms were repeated at 26 weeks and 35 weeks of gestation.
In retrospect, however, the anatomy could be distinguished on preoperative echocardiograms.
