Contact the Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute
For more information about Echocardiography and Stress Testing or to refer a patient, please call 1-855-332-8474 (1-855-33-CVRI).
Testing for possible cardiac disease usually begins with an echocardiogram. Echocardiography is a procedure that uses sound waves to create a moving image of the heart and its chambers. It is a noninvasive, safe, fast, and painless way for physicians to see the heart’s motion, size, and valves. Your primary care physician or your attending physician can refer you for this test.
For more information about Echocardiography and Stress Testing or to refer a patient, please call 1-855-332-8474 (1-855-33-CVRI).
Each of our diagnostic laboratories is equipped with state-of-the-art digital cardiac ultrasound systems that produce two- or three-dimensional images of the heart. Our interpreting cardiologists are specially trained and accredited by the American Society of Echocardiography to read echocardiograms. All echocardiograms are read within 48 hours.
Types of echocardiograms include: