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Windward Heart Center, LLC
25 Maluniu Ave
Suite #201
Kailua, HI 96734

Ph 808.261.2441
Fax 808.261.2447

Commonly referred to as an echo, an echocardiogram is an ultrasound test for the heart. It uses sound waves to show the shape, texture, and movement of the heart valves, the size of the heart chambers and how well they work. This test also allows the doctor to analyze the direction and speed of blood flow through the heart. This test is painless and takes approximately half an hour.

During an echo, electrodes are placed on the chest; these monitor the patient's heartbeat. The technician will move a gel-coated device firmly over your chest. This device is a transducer that sends sound waves to the heart. The sound waves bounce back to a machine and are transformed into images on a video monitor. The patient may be asked to breathe according to the technician’s directions as having air in the lungs may affect the quality of the images. If a doppler study is being performed, a test that measures the direction and speed of blood flow, you may hear a whooshing sound during the test. The images are recorded so that the doctor can review them after the test.

After the test a patient can return to their normal daily routine. The doctor will review the images produced during the echocardiogram and will discuss the results in a follow-up appointment.

Pilates Training Center Hawaii              25 Maluniu Ave #204, Kailua    (808) 261-9519

Windward Heart Center and Pilates Training Center Hawaii have teamed up to provide preventative heart disease treatment, through pilates and massage.

The pioneering partnership between the Windward Heart Center and Pilates Training Center Hawaii is specifically designed with cardiac patients in mind.

Pilates Training Center Hawaii, convieniently located in the same building as Windward Heart, teaches the STOTT PILATES® method which is considered to be the "Ivy League" school of Pilates.

The studio owner, Jayme Newhouse, offers training for instructors as well as group classes, private sessions, physical therapy, and therapeutic massage.