Your doctor might utilize an echo test to assess your heart’s structure and its functional performance. This examination aids the doctor in identifying the following issues:

• The dimensions and configuration of your heart, along with the size, thickness, and motion of its walls.
• The motion patterns of your heart.
• The efficacy of your heart’s pumping action.
• The proper functioning of your heart valves.
• The presence of any backward leakage of blood through your heart valves (regurgitation).
• The potential narrowing of your heart valves (stenosis).
• The existence of tumors or infectious growths surrounding your heart valves.