ECHO RESULTS

[heather_dench]

Hi

Can anyone out there tell me what all this means ?

I had a ECHO on my heart 2 months ago and i have not seen a cardiologist for the final results, they only refered me back to the doc!!
The doc says that i have nothing to worry about for the next 50 years!! Butt hes not the one having PVC and dizzy spells with nausea.
Your kind word will be most helpfull :)



This is what the ECHO man says:

FINDINGS

Satisfactory imaging. sinus rhythm. Normal aortic root, maximum
diameter 30mm. Naortic valve with no gradient or incompetence (vmax 1.4m/sec). Structurallynormal mitral valve with minor laxity of anteriormitral valve leaflet with no frank prolapse or incompetence. vmax 1.0/0.46m/sec, E:A 2.2,E:E?8. Normal left ventrical with LVIDD 53mm,LVISD 34mm, Derived EF 70%. Minor thickening of the inter-ventriclar septum 14mm, posterior wall 10mm,derived 114g/m2. Moderately dilated left atrium with with derived volume 34ml/m2. DCT 251ms.
Normal right valve with no incopetence so RVSP not measured. Normal pulmonary Valve, IVC, inter-atrial septum. No shunt, coarctation, pericardial effusion.

SUMMARY: Moderately dilated left atrium, left ventricular mass upper limit normal otherwise normal heart.

[candi65]

You are in great shape but I'd go to the Cook Islands if I were you. They are much closer ...see if the PVC's don't relax a bit when you are there and dizzy spells may be helped by floating in the ocean looking at the clouds.

[itdood]

Derived EF 70% is very good, you should be proud!  It's one of the more important prognostic indicators and you are in great shape.

When it comes to medical tests, bad news travels fast.  Normal findings very slow, as you've found out...

[Wisconsin2007]

Good news - the cardio was right.  :)

Every heart is a little different, and the parameters the doctors have to work with for each measure are more a guideline than stone carving.  So they evaluate each heart and determine how it looks.  The left side of the heart has the tougher job of the two halves, as it has to pump blood through the whole body.  The right side just pumps blood to the lungs, and c'mon, the lungs are right there next to it.  Pretty easy job.

So from what I've read it's far more common to see variations from "normal" in the left ventricle and atrium - but it doesn't mean your heart isn't normal and fine.  

At the end of the day, you may just be suffering from stress monkey disease, like me.  Fortunately, a two week vacation on Maui is the only known effective treatment.  :)