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What is Echocardiogram?

Echocardiogram is a test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart. The picture is much more detailed than x-ray image and involves no radiation exposure.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 10 1 Efficacy_none
Chest pain 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
Heart palpitations 5 1 Efficacy_major
General health 4 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
distolic dysfunction 2 0
Diagnostic assessment 2 0

See all 26 patients currently having Echocardiogram

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 7

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Echocardiogram

Hospitalization 2

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Echocardiogram

Always
 6 86%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 14%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Echocardiogram

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 29%
Not at all
 5 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Echocardiogram

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 25%
< $25
 3 75%

Report created on May 24, 2012.