Echocardiograms are SUPPOSED to show "blood in the heart chambers and valves." It sounds like you only heard a few words of the doctor's description, but not the main points. Obtain a copy of the report, and then we could analyze or translate it for you. Echocardiograms take sonogram pictures of your heart. They look at the chambers and valves and other structures in and near your heart, in a similar way that sonogram pictures are done on pregnant women to look at the structures of the developing fetus. The sound waves also can be used to estimate the pressures in certain parts of your heart. Being told you have "pressure" in your chest is only part of the story. We all have "pressure readings" in our chests; the question is what is the number of that pressure reading, and is it normal or high or low. I'm not sure what the statement "blood…also around my lungs" means. Echocardiograms sometimes can also detect abnormal fluid collections around the heart or around the lungs. These are called "effusions," but we don't know just from looking at the Echo pictures whether they are composed of blood or water or pus, for instance.

So, I think the best thing for you to do is not to worry yet; just obtain a copy of the report so your doctor or I or one of us here can interpret it.

"Blood in my heart chambers" means you are alive! The 4 heart chambers contain and pump around the blood that keeps us all alive.

Thanks for your question. I would be happy to answer you further if you can provide more detailed terms from the report.