Introduction to Echocardiography echocardiography is a sonography of heart but it involve study of moving heart. Types of Echocardiography Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) Stress echocardiography Contrast echocardiography Clinical Applications Diagnosis and assessment of various heart conditions: Valvular heart disease Congenital heart defects Cardiomyopathies Pericardial diseases Myocardial infarction Monitoring cardiac function during surgery and critical care Echocardiography in pediatric cardiology Echocardiography Techniques and Interpretation Standard views and imaging planes Doppler echocardiography 3D echocardiography Strain imaging Reporting and interpretation guidelines timing it may take 15 to 20 minutes