I have had a long awaited echocardiogram. How do the figures look to people here ? I do see that the valves are normal. what about other function, including left ventricular size. The report gives measurements . members.lycos.co.ukecho.JPGOpen ↗
I don't understand why all the mystery? A heart is a pump and I understand that the Echo measures physical and dynamic characteristics of that pump. So what is the big deal?
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I have had a long awaited echocardiogram. How do the figures look to people here ? I do see that the valves are normal. what about other function, including left ventricular size. The report gives measurements . members.lycos.co.ukecho.JPGOpen ↗
Thank you for the replies. However, the MAIN thing I am interested in what are the normal ranges of measurement of the left ventricle. Presumably, there MAY be some accepted norms for these dimensions.
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This study was ordered with LVH as the issue to identify as a result of my suggestion that echo is more dependable than ECG for this, and that as an adopted person I have no family history to help assess risk. Plus it APPEARS from a trawl of my medical history I may have had borderline/high BP untreated for about 20 years. BTW, my lipids are good and I do not smoke, So perhaps its not so important. I am sure if there was a LVH evident the doc wouldnt have marked the study as normal BUT I remain interested in what is NORMAL.