This is a 2 Dimensional echocardiogram that can provide excellent images of heart, paracardiac structures and the great vessels . It helps to determine the size of your heart, to assess the structure and function of the valves within the heart and to evaluate how well your heart is functioning or pumping.It checks the valves for leaks and other abnormalities and also measures the speed and direction of the blood flow within the heart.It assigns colours to the direction of the blood flow and any other abnormality in the colour flow mapping can be interpreted by the cardiologist.