Q: Interperting echo results
asked by:
udgrad62
on June 14th, 2008
New User
I am a 67-year-old man. My primary care doctor this week ordered me to take an echocardiacgram test. When we got the results the doctor wasnt too concerned but I would like another opinion. My doctor doesnt like to refer to a specialist. The main findings are 1) moderate aortic valve sclerosis with no measurable gradient and 2) stage 1 diastolic dysfunction. Some of the numbers: left ventricle is 4.3 cm, ejection franction is 69%, diastolic flow across the mitral valve shows an E/A of 0.9, deceleration time of 296 and E/E prime is 15. A trivial pericardial effusion is seen. Interventricular septum is 0.8 cm, posterior wall is o.8 cm. Thank You.
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