Echo Colour Doppler

What is Echo Colour Doppler?

Echo color Doppler, also known as echocardiography with color Doppler, is a non-invasive diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to create images of the heart and blood flow. In addition to standard echocardiography, which creates images of the heart's structure, color Doppler allows doctors to visualize blood flow through the heart and blood vessels in real time.

How is Echo Colour Doppler Done?

During an echo color Doppler, a specially trained technician or doctor applies a gel to the patient's chest and places a transducer on the skin. The transducer sends and receives sound waves, which create an image of the heart and blood flow on a computer screen. In color Doppler mode, the test uses a special type of ultrasound to show the direction and velocity of blood flow, and color-codes it on the image to help doctors identify abnormalities.

Who needs Echo Colour Doppler?

Echo color Doppler can be used to diagnose a range of heart conditions, including heart valve problems, congenital heart defects, heart failure, and pericardial disease. It can also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for heart conditions, such as medications, pacemakers, or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).

Echo color Doppler is a safe and painless procedure that does not involve any radiation. It is commonly used in routine cardiac evaluations, and can be repeated periodically to monitor changes in a patient's heart function over time. By providing more detailed information about blood flow through the heart and blood vessels, echo color Doppler can help doctors make more accurate diagnoses and develop more effective treatment plans.