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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

As the heart becomes more muscular, it becomes stiffer and therefore does not fill with as much blood and therefore pumps less blood out. Echocardiography – We can use ultrasound to visualize the heart and look at how well it pumps. This is termed as diastolic dysfunction. So what tests tell us about the heart as a pump?