What is the benefit of 2d echo test?
Patient: my doctor has told me to go for 2d echo test and PFT, i can hear my own heartbeat, i have a bloating abdomen, fatigue. i am 34 years female. 5 feet 2' is my height, with no family history of heart problems. please suggest me that how is this test beneficial for me?thanks.... Doctor: Hello , 2D echocardiography is a sonography of your heart . It sees the anatomy of the heart and you van see the heart beating in real time . So one can get information anatomy bout any structural abnormality, the pumping of the heart , valves and there function .The great arteries and veins near the heart . Basically it helps us identify the structural defect of the heart which may be the cause of your symptoms.  Regards