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Echocardiogram by Rachel M. Patient Expert Today, I went to have Echocardiogram done. I’m home safe now. I enjoyed the easy... became much easier. It was very thorough and she covered every angle. It was different from the last Echocardiogram...
Turn On Your Heart Light by Lacie H. Patient Expert I had my pre-surgical echocardiogram echocardiogram today to make sure that my heart... sound tech could tell that I was struggling to breathe ~ I just hope that the echocardiogram is a 'pass...
Healthy Heart by Nathan L. Patient Expert We drove back to Duke yesterday for Tricia's post-op and for an echocardiogram of Gwyneth's heart. Tricia is feeling good and the pain meds have finally exited her system. The surgeon reports...
Pray for Parker by Kei Patient Expert Yesterday Parker had an echocardiogram but the results did not yield the answers everyone wanted to hear. Tammy emailed Melody at Slurping Life with the results . Please read Melody's blog and leave...
Still Tickin' by Kathy S. Patient Expert Every three months I get a heart ultrasound exam to make sure that the Herceptin isn't damaging that important organ. The doctor who did today's exam confirmed that my ticker is as strong as ever and that staying on the dru
How to identify pulmonary veins in transthoracic echocardiography ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor images of PVs. The  echocardiogram will always prevail over these sophisticated...
Echo-Stress Test Results by Robert S. Patient Expert : I was hooked up to an EKG machine, then given a Echo-cardiogram [ultrasound of my heart]. Then I stepped... jogging. Let's just say it was not a pretty sight. The initial Echo-Cardiogram revealed no noticeable...
First Anniversary Of Open Heart Surgery by Denise B. Patient Expert , and I feel good. My daughters are all up to date on their echocardiograms and don't need retested...
Gabi Went To The Cardiologist Today by Shannon .. Registered Nurse out to get her blood pressure and EKG done, but then she will cooperate without any problems for the echocardiogram...
Rare encounters with mitral valve ! by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor the echo lab Her echocardiogram created a  real buzz in the lab . What is the diagnosis...

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More tests for headache causes.
Thursday the 4th of Feb. i will be getting an echocardiogram of my heart due to a constant headache i have had since the 4th of Jan. I have had a catscan, MRI, lumbar puncture, and numerous blood tests but still no answers or diagnosis of my headache. I have stopped taking prednisone...crap

Can gas that accumulates between the shoulder blades into the neck and jaw be GERD related?
I know this is not cardiological because Alkaseltzer, TUMS or GasX helps...plus I have had a stress test and echocardiogram in the past year.  I am a 40 year old female.  Thanks! WVLisacrap

echocardiogram results
my brother, after going for an echocardiogram, was told that he has "into the wall sickness".  What is this and what does it mean? He doesn't have to return to the doctors for another 6 months.... tincat7crap

Heart function is low
I reasonly had a Echocardiogram done The result was My heart function is low.The doctor need further evaluation on sept 16, i am very worry. My toes are tingling,also it have move to my breast. Vann crap

leak in one of my valves?????
Hello my name is Sharlette I had a echocardiogram done several weeks ago, the results were that I have a minor leak in one of my valves. My doctor is a general doc, so now he's sending me to a cardiologist to I guess find out exactly what, where, how, and why and what we need to do to fix the problem if we can...crap

What is a TEE Heart Test?
A TEE - Trans Esophageal Echocardiogram is a special ultrasound test for examining the heart in greater detail. An echocardiogram is an ultrasound of the heart.  Most people are familiar....  A Trans-thoracic echocardiogram is done across (trans) the chest wall from the outside.  An ultrasound...crap

Mild pulmonary Hypertention
Hi. Recently Because i was having chest pain frequently my dr ordered a echocardiogram. The results came back as follows. color flow Doppler studies reveals mild tricuspid regurgitation. ( i assum this is mitral valve prolaps?) . Estimated Pulmonary artery systolic pressure is 38mm/Hg. Conclusion: Mild...crap

My creatine Kinase, total, serum is 697. I am taking crestor tab 10mg and losartan tab 25 mg.
Before I did the blood test. I have have many EkGs, Echocardiograms, and also stress tests. All tese tests were fine. Also in August I did an angiogram and it did not show any arteries blockage. But my last cpk is very high. Now my doctor asked me to stop the crestor for a week and go to take the cpk test...crap

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i would like to ask the following :   i am 32 fem. i had a clear stress test 2 yrs ago, a clecrap

what does asynchronous septal motion on the left ventricle mean
48 yr old female breast cancer survivor of four years.. took chemotherapy and recently had a echocardiogram for shortness of breath upon exertion. everything seemed normal except the left ventrical it mentioned asynchronous septal motion, probably due to anthryacycline effect.. what  does this mean? marycrap