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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. So what tests tell us about the heart as a pump? Echocardiography – We can use ultrasound to visualize the heart and look at how well it pumps.

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What do heart tests tell us?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

So today i wanted to talk to you about what each heart test tells us about these different aspects of heart disease Tests that tell you about the heart as a pump The most commonly used test to assess the heart as a pump is an echocardiogram. So we need different tests when we are evaluating the heart arteries.