What Does My Echocardiogram Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Sat, 26 Dec 2015

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Question : When my son Farman was 4 weeks old, our neo-natologist suggested an Echo, just for precautionary measure. We got an Echo done by a Paediatric Cardiologist, and found there was a 6mm PFO. Now my son is 9.5 months old, and he seems to be fine. He even had cold for the first time when he was 8 months old. Recently a week back he had cough and cold.
Is there a need to get Echo done again in order to identify whether PFO is closed or not ? Or are there any symptoms that I can look for so that I can identify whether Echo is necessary ?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (47 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Needs a follow up echocardiogram

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on Health care magic.

I think that your child needs a follow up echocardiogram to be done to evaluate the present status of PFO. Usually it manifests with increased propensity to catch cold.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (10 hours later)

Thanks for your reply. Are there any side effects of echicardiogram, given that my son is only 9 months old? Is it OK if we get this done after he is an year old ?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Safe process. No side effects.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.

Echocardiogram is safe to be done. No side effects.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad