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What Does This Echo Test Result Indicate?

Hello, I just had an Echo of heart done from U of M. My doctor wrote, heart function normal . But on a part of the report, it says Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery without angina pectoris . I am confused by this. I am a 46 year old woman, 5 4 , 120 lbs, exercise daily, eat healthy, blood pressure is 110/70 and has never smoked. My father had his first heart attack at 44 and has had 3 all together and 2 open heart surgeries. I also have some plural effusion. My question is, Is everything normal and I have no worries? My EKG also said, Sinus rhythm with short PR.
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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I'm sorry to say that from echo we cannot say about atherosclerosis.
for that we need intravascular ultrasonography.
echo will tell u about pumping action of heart and the valves of the heart.
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What Does This Echo Test Result Indicate?

hello I m sorry to say that from echo we cannot say about atherosclerosis. for that we need intravascular ultrasonography. echo will tell u about pumping action of heart and the valves of the heart.