An echo test involves ultrasound-- high-frequency sound waves -- to evaluate the function of heart muscle and valves, the same technology used to ensure a developing baby is healthy. In a cardiac ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University are attempting to help with that. A 3D-printed heart valve, made using a biocompatible material called polyglycerol dodecanedioate, was created at ...

Fetal echo is short for fetal echocardiogram, an ultrasound test doctors use to look for congenital heart disease (CHD). This disease affects around 1% of births each year and encompasses a wide ...