Echo probability of ARVD

[HappyHeartz]

Hi everyone. This is my first post. I'm hoping someone can help give me some info and some insight in to any experience you may have had with my situation. I recently had an echo scan which apparently came back with indications of abnormalities that may indicate ARVD. I have listed the findings below but I have no idea what any of this means. Can anyone explain this? And the likelihood that this is ARVD. I obviously appreciate nobody is a doctor and can diagnose me, but just curious to others' experiences and knowledge. I have had an MRI and awaiting the results. However, as I'm sure you all understand. Waiting for the outcome is more torture than actually coming to terms with having the disease lol. Also, how accurate is an MRI - for both a positive and negative result with this disease?

So I'm wondering, if the echo showed enough concern to get an MRI, what are the chances that this really is actually ARVD. If it isn't ARVD, then what else could it be? My doc is being quite reserved and saying let's just wait for the results, and not guess, but I'm not really concentrating on much else at the moment, so just looking for a bit of support from anyone who has been in the same situation or who has more knowledge on this than me. Does anyone have any experience? What are the changes that an echo that indicates ARVD turns out to be fine? I keep flipping between telling myself to prepare for a diagnosis and then convincing myself I don't have it. Just looking for probabilities I guess, so I can let my head rest in one 'camp',lol.

Echo showed:
Right ventricle apex appears dilated with systolic function mildly impaired with akineses of the RV apex. Overall left ventricle is normal with an EF between 55-60%. (No idea what any of this means!!!!!)

Thanks guys

[Ger57]

Good luck. Let us know how it turns out.

[HappyHeartz]

Thank you for your helpful answer. I may be wrong here, but my gut feeling is that all this is just a 'scare' and that they are being overcautious. I can't believe that I would have AVRD. I suppose I just gotta wait for those MRI results eh. Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock.....

[Ger57]

Afaik it is not easy to diagnose the right ventricle (RV) from an echo. MRI has emerged as the noninvasive diagnostic tool of choice for assessing the RV. So, I guess you have to wait for those results. I understand that you are concerned. When do you get MRI results?

About the echo report: The right ventricle is enlarged but its function is only mildly affected. The tip of the RV does not contribute to the RV contraction. The right ventricle pumps the low-oxygen blood to your lungs.
The left ventricle pumps oxygen rich blood to your whole body. It functions normally with an ejection fraction (percentage of blood that is squeezed out during contraction) of 55-60% which is fine.