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What Does The Following Echocardiography Report Mean?

I had a routine echo done a couple of weeks ago (referred through county hospital urgent car) and just got the results yesterday. The sheet says moderate pulmonary hypertension with peak pressure 54 mmhg and central venous pressure of 15.0. Since I only picked up the results no on explained it to me but set up an appointment with lung and heart specialist in 6 months what does all this mean.
Wed, 19 Sep 2018
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Hi,

Your having pulmonary artery pressure elevation. The etiology may vary from person to person. It may be due to smoking lead to COPD and corpulmonale or isolated pulmonary hypertension in pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary regurgitation.

Other possibilities like rheumatic heart disease or ASD or PDA with Eisenmenger syndrome, etc. Diagnosis may vary depending upon the clinical examination and history findings. Please consult your cardiologist he will examine and treat you accordingly.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu, Internal Medicine Specialist
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What Does The Following Echocardiography Report Mean?

Hi, Your having pulmonary artery pressure elevation. The etiology may vary from person to person. It may be due to smoking lead to COPD and corpulmonale or isolated pulmonary hypertension in pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary regurgitation. Other possibilities like rheumatic heart disease or ASD or PDA with Eisenmenger syndrome, etc. Diagnosis may vary depending upon the clinical examination and history findings. Please consult your cardiologist he will examine and treat you accordingly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu, Internal Medicine Specialist