Hello there and thanks for taking the time to review my question. I am a 26 F that just found out that I have a secundum
atrialAtrial fibrillation/flutter
Atrial myxoma
Left atrial myxoma
Right atrial myxoma septalUltrasound, ventricular septal defect - heartbeat
Ventricular septal defect defect. A month ago I had a small stroke and they thought that it was from a
carotidAortic arch syndrome
Atherosclerosis of internal carotid artery
Blockage in internal carotid artery
Carotid artery anatomy
Carotid artery surgery
Carotid artery surgery - series
Carotid duplex
Carotid stenosis, x-ray of the left artery
Carotid stenosis, x-ray of the right artery
Cerebral angiography
Taking your carotid pulse dissectionAortic dissection. I had one three years ago and they thought that I had had a recurrence. My
angiogramArteriogram
Cerebral angiography
Cholecystitis, cholangiogram
Coronary angiography
Gallstones, cholangiogram
Hemangioma - angiogram
Lymphangiogram
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram
Renal arteriography was
normalNormal saline flush and they then decided to do the echo because I had had heart palpations and a couple of episodes of syncope while in hospital. That is when they discovered the defect.
In Dec. 99 while I was 27 weeks pregnant I went into heart failure and at the time they did not know why. I also developed paracerditis...again they did not have an explanation for it. I was on Lasix and other meds for the infection and all cleared up when I delivered. They never did do an echo. Could all of this been from the ASD? I was also diagionsed with asthma but stopped the meds because they never seemed to help with the shortness of breath.
My neuro docs are now telling me that they think that all of the trouble I have had has been from the ASD. Could this be the case?
On my echo it said that there is a Grade 1 left ventricle with an ejection fraction estimated at 69% What does that mean? My shut ratio was 1.2:1 and flow was primarily left to right with no right heart enlargement.
My dr's are making appt's to see the heart docs but I am wondering what to expect.
Thanks very much for taking the time to review my question...very much appreciated. Thank you
Janet