Echo Cardiogram Report

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What do you mean by Dilated Root in Aorta of Echo Cardiogram report

Heart echo

Martell88

I’m a 33yr old male who had echo 5 months ago and now I’m wondering what to do next! For the most part the report said everything was nor...

34/Male Worried about my Echo results, 50-55% EF

PleaseHelp1221

So I have a couple of uncles who've had heart issues at a relatively young age and I also suffer from extreme health anxiety. So I went a...

Echo Scan Results

Df555

I had a heart scan, it all seems to be normal. One thing has stood out to me on the valve section. ‘Thin and mobile mitral valve - no...

Standard echo vs stress echo

Bobbf

I had a stress echo done and it showed I had trace aortic regurgitation. The cardiologist did not seem to be concerned and said to have a...

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kenkeith

Dilated aorta root (heart valve part) is larger in diameter than normal. It could progress to a diameter size that is medically termed an aneurysm. If it continues to increase in size, the vessel wall becomes thin and could rupture.

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Heart echo

Martell88

I’m a 33yr old male who had echo 5 months ago and now I’m wondering what to do next! For the most part the report said everything was nor...

34/Male Worried about my Echo results, 50-55% EF

PleaseHelp1221

So I have a couple of uncles who've had heart issues at a relatively young age and I also suffer from extreme health anxiety. So I went a...

Echo Scan Results

Df555

I had a heart scan, it all seems to be normal. One thing has stood out to me on the valve section. ‘Thin and mobile mitral valve - no...

Standard echo vs stress echo

Bobbf

I had a stress echo done and it showed I had trace aortic regurgitation. The cardiologist did not seem to be concerned and said to have a...

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