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Echocardiogram, often referred to as a cardiac echo or simply an echo, is a sonogram of the heart. (It is not abbreviated as ECG, an abbreviation for an electrocardiogram .) Echocardiography uses standard two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and Doppler ultrasound to create images of the heart.
An echocardiogram (echo) is a test that uses high frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to make pictures of your heart.he test is also called echocardiography or diagnostic cardiac ultrasound. Quick facts. 1  An echo uses sound waves to create pictures of your heartâs chambers, valves, walls and the blood vessels (aorta, arteries, veins) attached to your heart. 2  A probe called a transducer is passed over your chest.