Does anyone know a good website for interpreting results from echo reports? I have searched on the Internet and this website and haven't been able to find anything. The reports are confusing and mean nothing if you don't know what the abbreviations mean and what the normal ranges are.
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Ross
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From our very own "Must have reference links" in the resource forum:
http://www.echobyweb.com/htm_level1_eng/echo_examination.htm
http://www.echobyweb.com/htm_level1_eng/echo_examination.htm
Thanks, this is a great link and I didn't realize the reference forum was there.
I have to admit this all sounds like mumbo jumbo to me. I can be pretty technical, but when I start looking at this kind of information my eyes glaze over.
How about a more focused question? What is the normal range on the "left ventricular diastolic dimension" measurement? I guess I'm pretty dense, but I can't seem to pull it out of these websites.
I have to admit this all sounds like mumbo jumbo to me. I can be pretty technical, but when I start looking at this kind of information my eyes glaze over.
How about a more focused question? What is the normal range on the "left ventricular diastolic dimension" measurement? I guess I'm pretty dense, but I can't seem to pull it out of these websites.
susieq14
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Katie,
I have to agree with you that it is all a lot of mumbo jumbo sometimes to me as well. I cannot wrap my brain around some of this technical stuff and feel so stupid at times when I read some of the posts on here. Some folks sound like they are heads and shoulders above where I am.
I've visited this reference site before and my echo report doesn't even seem to match up to the numbers and measurments here. I don't know if this will help you but I can say that my echo report includes the normal range for each measurement. For the Left Ventricle End Diastolic Dimension it says normal is 36 - 56 mm or 3.6 - 5.6 cm. Mine is right in the middle at 4.6. Did you ask about that measurement for a particular reason? Is that a measurement that your cardiologist is watching? When I asked my cardiologist which measurement he was watching most significantly he said the Left Ventricle Systolic Dimension. That normal is 20- 35 mm or 2.0 - 3.5 cm. Mine is now at 3.0
Take Care!
Susie
I have to agree with you that it is all a lot of mumbo jumbo sometimes to me as well. I cannot wrap my brain around some of this technical stuff and feel so stupid at times when I read some of the posts on here. Some folks sound like they are heads and shoulders above where I am.
I've visited this reference site before and my echo report doesn't even seem to match up to the numbers and measurments here. I don't know if this will help you but I can say that my echo report includes the normal range for each measurement. For the Left Ventricle End Diastolic Dimension it says normal is 36 - 56 mm or 3.6 - 5.6 cm. Mine is right in the middle at 4.6. Did you ask about that measurement for a particular reason? Is that a measurement that your cardiologist is watching? When I asked my cardiologist which measurement he was watching most significantly he said the Left Ventricle Systolic Dimension. That normal is 20- 35 mm or 2.0 - 3.5 cm. Mine is now at 3.0
Take Care!
Susie
Sherri,
Outside of an echo translation discussion, I asked my surgeon today what the approximate normal measurement should be for the left ventricle. He said it depended on whether the heart was squeezed or not. Squeezed or compressed was 3cm and not compressed was 5cm.
Outside of an echo translation discussion, I asked my surgeon today what the approximate normal measurement should be for the left ventricle. He said it depended on whether the heart was squeezed or not. Squeezed or compressed was 3cm and not compressed was 5cm.
Susie,
Yes, that's a number my doctor watches. I've gotten copies of all my echoes, one of which is from a different facility. Even trying to compare the results between them is confusing because they all use different abbreviations or don't always show all the same measurements.
My cardiologist told me recently my "heart size" was 5.7. When I got the echo and read the results it showed LVIDd as 6.3. When I brought up concerns about a brother's recent surgery and sister's impending surgery he told me I'm "no where near surgery".
You mention "Left Ventricle Systolic Dimension". I don't find that on my reports, but have LVIDs and mine shows 3.9.
Yes, that's a number my doctor watches. I've gotten copies of all my echoes, one of which is from a different facility. Even trying to compare the results between them is confusing because they all use different abbreviations or don't always show all the same measurements.
My cardiologist told me recently my "heart size" was 5.7. When I got the echo and read the results it showed LVIDd as 6.3. When I brought up concerns about a brother's recent surgery and sister's impending surgery he told me I'm "no where near surgery".
You mention "Left Ventricle Systolic Dimension". I don't find that on my reports, but have LVIDs and mine shows 3.9.
Ross
Well-known member
When it comes to echos, I have to ask my doc to explain it to me line by line. I can make some sense of some of the stuff, but not enough to put a report together.
