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.
EKG recordings can help doctors diagnose a heart attack that's happening now or has happened in the past. This is especially true if doctors can compare a current EKG recording to an older one. An EKG also can show: Lack of blood flow to the heart muscle. A heart that's beating too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm (arrhythmia) A heart that doesn't pump forcefully enough (heart failure) Heart muscle that's too thick or parts of the heart that are too big.