Locale. In computing, a locale is a set of parameters that defines the user's language, country and any special variant preferences that the user wants to see in their user interface.
1 Heart defects. 2  Many heart defects can be detected with an echocardiogram, including problems with the heart chambers, abnormal connections between the heart and major blood vessels, and complex heart defects that are present at birth. 3  Echocardiograms can even be used to monitor a baby's heart development before birth.
An echocardiogram can be used to find out if there is an abnormality of the heart that could lead to stroke. There are two types of echocardiograms: one that examines the heart through the chest (called transthoracic echocardiogram, or TTE), and one that examines the heart through the throat (called transesophageal echocardiogram, or TEE).