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Echocardiography

Echocardiography is a non-invasive imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize the structure and function of the heart, including the chambers, valves, walls, and surrounding vessels. Often called an "echo," it allows clinicians to assess pumping function, wall motion, valve integrity, blood …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 18× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2329-9487 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Echocardiography is a non-invasive imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize the structure and function of the heart, including the chambers, valves, walls, and surrounding vessels. Often called an "echo," it allows clinicians to assess pumping function, wall motion, valve integrity, blood flow, and structural abnormalities without radiation or surgery, making it a foundational tool in cardiology and in the evaluation of hypertension and its effects on the heart. Modern variants such as speckle-tracking strain imaging extend the basic exam to detect subtle changes in myocardial mechanics before overt dysfunction appears. Within Hypertension and Cardiology, the journal has published echocardiographic research spanning hypertensive heart disease and beyond, including a speckle-strain imaging study of cardiac mechanics in patients with systemic hypertension and preserved ejection fraction, an electrocardiographic and echocardiographic comparison of patients with single versus multivessel coronary disease in acute coronary syndromes, and case reports characterizing congenital and structural conditions such as apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, isolated left ventricular non-compaction, and Ebstein's anomaly. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to echocardiography and its role in diagnosing and managing cardiovascular disease.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 18 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Echocardiography, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Hypertension and Cardiology (ISSN 2329-9487).

Journal editorial board
Hatori Nobuo · Japan Gregor Leibundgut · Switzerland Yuejin Li · United States

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