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Can anyone tell me what these test can find as far as heart problems? Can an echo see clogged arteries and can the oxygen test tell if you have a heart problem? Appreciate it
 
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The echocardiogram can see the beating of the heart, and the workings of it. It is very similar to an ultrasound a pregnant woman undergoes. It uses ultrasound to watch the actual movement of the heart. I don't think you can actually see clogged arteries. That would be an arteriogram.

The finger oxygen test you are referring to is an oxygen saturation. It tells how much oxygen is being carried by the blood.
 
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So I checked out both tests that where posted and it seems to me if both come out normal that is a good thing, being it shows the blood flow to the heart and if the blood flow is normal I would think there are no clogged arteries.
 
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