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Echo results in Bicuspid aortic valve patient
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Echo results in Bicuspid aortic valve patient
by Jon__0, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By Jon on March 20, 1999 at 16:45:51:
Aortic Root: 2.9 cm
Left Atrial 4.3 cm
Right ventricle 2.6 cm
Left ventricle Diastole 4.8 cm
Left ventricle Systole 2.5 cm
fractional shortening 48%
interventricular septum 1.2 cm
left venticular wall 0.9 cm
aortic
vmax 2.4 m/sec
max grad 23 mmhg
mean grad 14 mmhg
AI P1/2T 438 msec
left atrium at most mildly enlarged
concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with normal left ventricular systolic performance
aortic valve is sclerotic and demonstrates what appears to be a bicuspid valve with doming evident and also eccentric opening. mitral valve is normal. right side chambers are of normal size and geometry. no pericardial effusion.
left ventricular size appears to be at the upper limits of normal. left ventricular systolic function appears to be in the low normal range.
in comparision to previous echoes in 1996 and 1994 there does not appear to be a significant interval change.
My Question: Based on the above findings would you say i am 5, 10, 15, 20 or greater years away from valve replacement or perhaps riding my diseased valve out through the remainder of my lifetime? And is this for the most part a good report?
Aortic Root: 2.9 cm
Left Atrial 4.3 cm
Right ventricle 2.6 cm
Left ventricle Diastole 4.8 cm
Left ventricle Systole 2.5 cm
fractional shortening 48%
interventricular septum 1.2 cm
left venticular wall 0.9 cm
aortic
vmax 2.4 m/sec
max grad 23 mmhg
mean grad 14 mmhg
AI P1/2T 438 msec
left atrium at most mildly enlarged
concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with normal left ventricular systolic performance
aortic valve is sclerotic and demonstrates what appears to be a bicuspid valve with doming evident and also eccentric opening. mitral valve is normal. right side chambers are of normal size and geometry. no pericardial effusion.
left ventricular size appears to be at the upper limits of normal. left ventricular systolic function appears to be in the low normal range.
in comparision to previous echoes in 1996 and 1994 there does not appear to be a significant interval change.
My Question: Based on the above findings would you say i am 5, 10, 15, 20 or greater years away from valve replacement or perhaps riding my diseased valve out through the remainder of my lifetime? And is this for the most part a good report?
