Echocardiographic Report

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Hello,

I'll provide more information if necessary, but can someone elaborate a little on my report's conclusions?  They read as follows: Overall EF is 60%, and there is mild MR, trivial TR and Mild LVH.  Aortic Root is enlarged.

Thanks.

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Jon,

Thanks a bunch. I'm going to schedule an appointment with a cardiologist sometime soon.

Thanks again.

[erijon]

Your interventricular dimension and posterior wall measure 1.5 cm compare to a normal high of 1.1 cm. It depends on the lab, some use 1.1 cm as normal and some use 1.2 cm, mine is 1.2 cm and I am a 50 year old male. I was told it is part of the normal aging process and it does not help if you have high blood pressure. which I did before I started treatment at age 47. One other thing I noticed is that your left atrium is at the upper limit of normal, an enlarged LA is also usually caused by high blood pressure so it is important you get it down. Your aortic root is just outside of normal limits, I would thik it just needs to be watched.

The most important number is your EF% and yours is very good at 60%, it means that your left ventricle is pumping 60% of the blood out of that chamber with each beat, normal is 55 -75% , that's the most important number to watch.

My cardiologist just wants to repeat an echo ever 3-5 years to check on the progression. The numbers you show are certainly not life threatening numbers but you do want to make sure they don't continue to increase in size. I'm not a doctor, just passing along what I have been told.

Good luck!

Jon

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And Jon, I just noticed that with regard to the left ventricle, E:A=1.2 and DT: 220 milliseconds.

Thanks.

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Thanks, Jon.  I'm 47 and have recently, in the past year, started treatment for high blood pressure.  My measurements are as follows:

RV Dimension:                    3.0 cm          Range: 0.7 - 2.6 cm
Diastolic LV Dimension:       5.4 cm          Range: 3.6 - 5.2 cm
Systolic Dimension:             3.7 cm          Range: 2.3 - 3.9 cm
Interventicular Dimension:     1.5 cm          Range: 0.6 - 1.1 cm
Posterior Wall:                    1.5 cm           Range: 0.6 - 1.1 cm
Left Atrial Dimension:           4.3 cm          Range: 1.9 - 4.3 cm
Aortic Root Dimension          3.9 cm          Range: 2.0 - 3.7 cm
Aortic Cusp Dimension:        2.0 cm          Range: 1.5 - 2.6 cm

Thanks again.

[erijon]

Mostly good numbers. EF is good, normal is between 55-75%. This is a measurement of how effciently your heart is pumping, yours is normal. MR (mitral valve regurgitation) and TR (tricuspid valve regurgitation) are pretty normal, nothing to be alarmed about.

Mild LVH means the walls of your left ventricle is slightly thickend. This should be 1.2cm or less, mild LVH can just be part of aging. I would want to know what you measurement was, same with an enlarged aortic root, what are the measurements? These can be the result of high blood pressure, is yours elevated?

Hope some of this helps,

Jon