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.
Sometimes, one type of echocardiography, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), using a probe positioned on the chest, will be normal and transesophageal electrocardiography (TEE) will be needed to detect the problem. Echocardiography has also been helpful in detecting cases where the outside lining of the heart is infected (pericarditis).