VETERINARY SERVICES
Pet Echocardiograms
A safe, painless way to look inside your pet’s heart, an echocardiogram provides real-time images that help us detect heart disease early, understand how the heart is functioning, and guide the best possible treatment plan for long-term health.
Pet Echocardiograms in Ozark, MO
An echocardiogram is a noninvasive ultrasound test used to evaluate a pet’s heart structure and function. During the procedure, a small handheld probe is used to send sound waves into the chest, creating real-time images of the heart on a monitor. This allows them to assess the size of the heart chambers, the thickness of the heart walls, the movement of the valves, and how effectively the heart is pumping blood. Echocardiograms are commonly recommended for dogs and cats with heart murmurs, irregular heart rhythms, coughing, weakness, or difficulty breathing, and they are essential for diagnosing conditions such as valve disease, cardiomyopathy, and congenital heart defects. The test is painless and provides detailed information that helps guide treatment and long-term management of heart disease in pets.