i appreciate your time, effort and energies in response to
my request, Andrew. this was most helpful to me. one last
request, if you would be inclined and as kind as you have
already been. what do these suffixes/additions to the
millimeter abreviations mean?
mm/s
mmi/S mmHg
appreciatively, kate
"Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <
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d'huit wrote:
> "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <
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> wrote in message
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> ws.teranews.com... d'huit wrote:
>
> > "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <
[email protected]>
> > wrote in message
> >
news:[email protected]... d'huit wrote:
> >
> > > i'm sitting here with my 1999 echocardiogram report
> > > that has all of my measurements indicated and the
> > > peremeter standards alongside the
numbers
> > in
> > > mm or %. i just had another doppler study done and
> > > there are no
> standards
> > > to compare my measurements with and my measurements on
> > > this study are
in
> > cm
> > > (easy enough to convert). and everything on this new
> > > report is in abbreviations (compared to 1999's) . .
> > > .grrrr.... does anybody know
of
> a
> > > web site i can check this report out against?
> > >
> > > and what do these abbreviations mean? and what are the
> > > normal ranges
for
> > > these measurements? please--
> > >
> > > from the 2-D measurements list: RVd
Right ventricle during diastole.
>
> > > IVSd
Interventricular septum during diastole.
>
> > > IVSs
Interventricular septum during systole.
>
> > > LVd
Left ventricle during diastole.
>
> > > LVs
Left ventricle during systole.
>
> > > PWd
Posterior wall (of LV) during diastole.
>
> > > PWs
Posterior wall (of LV) during systole.
>
> > > Ao root
Aortic root (typically during systole).
>
> > > LA
Left atrium.
>
> > >
> > > from the aotic valve section Max. Vel
Maximum velocity.
>
> > > Max. PG
>
Maximum peak gradient.
> > >
> > > from the mitral valve section Peak E
peak early mitral inflow
>
> > > Peak A
peak late mitral inflow (during atrial contraction).
>
> > > E/A
ratio of E to A.
>
> > >
> > > thank you,
Praises to God, Kate.
>
> > > kate
> >
> > Echocardiogram studies are more than just the
> > measurements, Kate.
> >
> > i understand that, Andrew--- from a velocity,
> > reguritation, function, effusion, enlargement,
> > cardiomyopathy and insufficiency standpoint; and
> that
> > they cannot determine if or when a heart attack has
> > occurred.
>
> One can make an educated guess by the way the heart looks
> in the area of
the
> "scar."
>
> ***only if there is damage visible in the doppler imagery.
>
If there is significant damage, it should be visible in the
2D echo images rather than in the doppler images.
>
> > or do you mean your statement in another way? however,
> > i wish to compare the measurements in my two studies,
> > which are five years apart, for my own knowledge base.
> >
>
> Why hasn't your cardiologist made the comparisons for you?
>
> ****actually, she did give her overview comparison, which
> to her didn't
show
> us anything new. and that was good news. but that has
> nothing to do with what i requested of the newsgroup.
>
This newsgroup is about discussion.
>
> i want to correlate the details; enjoy doing this kind of
> thing myself and want to see if i can make the pieces line
> up---kinda like balancing a checkbook to the penny and
> understanding the process by doing<smile>.
I don't see a problem with what you are wanting.
>
> besides which, i wouldn't impose on a doctor's valuable
> time making her convert values (measurements and
> abbreviations) and recompile them on another sheet, like a
> database chart, just so i can look at them---which also
> would take away from the fun of doing it myself.
Aren't you either directly or indirectly paying for your
doctor's time?
> why are you withholding information about how to define
> simple abbreviations, if you know how, or know of a link
> on how to do so, and asking questions instead?
>
I haven't unless you consider discussion an act of
withholding information.
Servant to the humblest person in the universe,
Andrew
--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
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