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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Echocardiography – We can use ultrasound to visualize the heart and look at how well it pumps. With time, fat and cholesterol can get trapped in the areas of wear and tear and cause plaque formation. This is termed as diastolic dysfunction. So what tests tell us about the heart as a pump? The plaques can damage us in 2 ways.