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.
A stress echo test uses ultrasound technology to assess the flow of blood through vessels in the heart. During a stress echo test, echocardiograms (ECG) of the heart are taken during rest and compared with echocardiograms of the heart under stress.