interesting echo

[gadoty1]

I had my one year post op echo done today. I told the ultrasound tech that I had a mechanical aortic valve before she started my echo. So, during my echo she asked me a second time if I had a mechanical valve. I figured she should be able to tell by looking at it on the echo. I have watched many of my echo's and have gotten pretty good at recognizing what I am seeing on them. I couldn't tell which valve was my mechanical and which one wasn't.
When my cardiologist came in to talk with me he said that the On-x valve was unique in that it didn't show a lot of feedback on an echo like other mechanical valves do. I thought that was an interesting fact. He said the valve is smoother functioning than other mech. valves.
Anyways, my checkup went great. For the first time in 10 years I had a good yearly heart checkup. I am so use to them being a downhill slide from year to year that it almost feels unreal.

 

[cp172]

Congratulations! I know the dread of going to have an echo and the relief when you find out everything is fine. I hope you have many years of great echos.

 

[nngbwh]

That is great news !!!!!!!!

 

[Danny]

That is good news..im glad everything went well! May you have continued good echos for many years to come.

 

[Mileena46]

Wow...interesting facts about the on-x. I wish I had found this site before my surgery so I would have been more informed when I went in!

Mileena

 

[Superbob]

Great news! -- glad you got a good report. I know that echos sometimes can raise stress levels, even without intentionally being a stress test. Hope all your echos are good from now on.

 

[TXWildflower]

Yippee for good news! May it continue for years to come!

 

[skeptic49]

Congratulations on the good echo report. That's interesting about the ON-X and the way it shows up (or doesn't) on echos.

Best wishes,

Jim

 

[river-wear]

Earlier this evening I found this information for doctors about the view of the On-X in echocardiography:

http://www.onxlti.com/onxlti-hvm-echo-aortic.html

There's a description on the bottom that helped it make a little bit of sense to me.

 

[DavesMom]

Congratulations on a great report! I just scheduled my yearly echo/cardio visit. My reports have been fine for the past decade but the bad news is that I tend to go back through my copy of the previous year's report and look for problems even when there aren't! I've gotta get out of that habit.

Best wishes.

Cheers,
Michelle

 

[ALCapshaw2]

Congratulations on a great report! I just scheduled my yearly echo/cardio visit. My reports have been fine for the past decade but the bad news is that I tend to go back through my copy of the previous year's report and look for problems even when there aren't! I've gotta get out of that habit.

Best wishes.

Cheers,
Michelle

I chart ALL of the Data and significant comments from each EchoCardiogram on a Spread Sheet. That makes it easy to spot Any Changes, even before they fall outside of the "Normal Limits".

I expect most Cardiologists just look at the Last Echo and think that tells them all they need to know about the condition of your valves. I disagree, after pointing out a definite trend from my own past reports to my cardio.