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Echo results
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Echo results
by dande4, Sep 21, 2001 12:00AM
Dear Drs:
First, thank you for a very helpful forum. Could you please explain the wording on this test result. The mitral valve demonstrates posterior bulging in the apical 4 chamber view which is suggestive of but does not meet the strict diagnostic criteria of Mitral Valve Prolapse. The short axis view demonstrates normal mitral valve orifice size. Does that mean borderline MVP? Doppler showed trivial mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. (At other echos it does not always show, the tricuspid regurgitation). I do take antibiotics with dental procedures.
Would having the echo/doppler performed 2 weeks post-partum having any effect on results?..All others on report was normal size, etc. I suffer with pac/pvc at times on episode that may have been psvt(two different opinions), some times pac/pvs are daily and worse than others and take a beta-blocker during more unsettling times. Heart rate a bit fast at times, I guess I am a bit deconditioned.I am 35 and have begun to get back into excercise, do not smoke, am a bit underweight for my height 5'10-5'11, 137lbs. Family history on maternal side is + for stroke (grandparents did not go to Dr)mother has high b/p. Paternal side for grandparents is unknown, father has high b/p low cholesterol but had quad. bypass at 67yrs. I have low b/p and low cholesterol, 100-110/60-70, 110-130 cholesterol. Making sure I am on the right track to staying healthy.
Thank you.
First, thank you for a very helpful forum. Could you please explain the wording on this test result. The mitral valve demonstrates posterior bulging in the apical 4 chamber view which is suggestive of but does not meet the strict diagnostic criteria of Mitral Valve Prolapse. The short axis view demonstrates normal mitral valve orifice size. Does that mean borderline MVP? Doppler showed trivial mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. (At other echos it does not always show, the tricuspid regurgitation). I do take antibiotics with dental procedures.
Would having the echo/doppler performed 2 weeks post-partum having any effect on results?..All others on report was normal size, etc. I suffer with pac/pvc at times on episode that may have been psvt(two different opinions), some times pac/pvs are daily and worse than others and take a beta-blocker during more unsettling times. Heart rate a bit fast at times, I guess I am a bit deconditioned.I am 35 and have begun to get back into excercise, do not smoke, am a bit underweight for my height 5'10-5'11, 137lbs. Family history on maternal side is + for stroke (grandparents did not go to Dr)mother has high b/p. Paternal side for grandparents is unknown, father has high b/p low cholesterol but had quad. bypass at 67yrs. I have low b/p and low cholesterol, 100-110/60-70, 110-130 cholesterol. Making sure I am on the right track to staying healthy.
Thank you.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-M.D.-CRC, Sep 21, 2001 12:00AM
Dear dande,
This is the classic 'hedge'. The doctor reading the echocardiogram did not feel that the mitral valve was perfectly normal yet did not want to make the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse. My interpretation of this would be that whatever abnormality there is of the mitral valve it is insignificant.
This is the classic 'hedge'. The doctor reading the echocardiogram did not feel that the mitral valve was perfectly normal yet did not want to make the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse. My interpretation of this would be that whatever abnormality there is of the mitral valve it is insignificant.
