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The Echocardiography Lab provides comprehensive patient care using the most advanced echocardiography testing available. Echocardiograms use ultrasonic sound waves that reflect (“echo”) off a patient’s heart structure and back to a computer for interpretation.
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| Related Information |
Echocardiography Fellowship
Echocardiography Patient Care Rotation
Echocardiography Research Program |
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Locations
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UAB Hospital North Pavilion
6th Floor
615 18th Street South
Birmingham, Alabama 35233
The Kirklin Clinic (TKC)
4th Floor
2000 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Birmingham VA Medical Center (BVAMC)
6th Floor
700 19th Street South
Birmingham, Alabama 35233 |
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Directors
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UAB Hospital Echo Lab and The Kirklin Clinic Echo Lab
Navin Nanda, MD
BVAMC Echo Lab & Heart Station
Gilbert Perry, MD
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Faculty
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Pohoey Fan, MD
Navin Nanda, MD
Gilbert Perry, MD
Robert Robichaux, MD
Frank Seghatol-Eslami, MD |
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Patient Population
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People with a wide variety of heart conditions, including:
- Valve disorders
- Left and right ventricular function
- Heart failure
- Myocardial diseases
- Pericardial diseases
- Congenital heart diseases
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Clinical Services
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- 2D echocardiograms
- Color doppler echocardiograms
- Bubble echocardiograms
- Treadmill stress echocardiograms
- Dobutamine stress echocardiograms
- 3-D echocardiograms
- Transesophageal echocardiograms
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Training
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- Performing and/or interpreting studies (including transthoracic echocardiographic studies)
- Interpreting results
- Completing reports
- Presenting cases or special topics during Echocardiography Grand Rounds
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Research
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Primarily correlating echo findings with other noninvasive and invasive modalities and cardiac surgery. |
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