Have you had an Echocardiogram?

Jemisa | 23:17 Wed 17th Nov 2010 | Health & Fitness

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I'm due one of these in hospital tomorrow. -- Its not an E C G (with the stickers they put on you) Its a type of ultrasound of the heart, similar to the scan pregnant women undergo.

It examines structures within the heart, the blood through the heart & shows the hearts pumping.action. -- Evidently it takes about 30 minutes. A small probe is placed on the chest (with jelly)in order to obtain pictures of the heart. These pictures are then recorded and stored digitally.
My doc tells me its a new process, I wondered if any ABers had had one.

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LoftyLottie

The only thing Mr LL didn't like was hearing his heart 'slurping' as he called it. Apart from that it was a doddle.

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Hello Den where you been? missed ya.

I've just got back, well 3.30ish Things turned out ok. No not noisy only the pumping of my heart (there was a TD&H doc there) lots of jelly on chest & under L breast, lots of pushing but no pain, Took 25 mins. Got to wait for the consultant to see results & he'll send for me if treatment needed. A waiting game now.

Thanks everyone for your comments.

jem

Bbbananas

Yup - I've had a few over the years.
You'll be fine Jem - they're not painful and there's nothing to dread. x

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