Echo results help needed.

[wischo]

I recently had an echo carried out and generally it went quite well. Left ventricle is non dilated with normal wall thickness. There is a slightly dyskinetic wall motion and ejection fraction is 48%-52% using different modalities. No significant valve abnormality. Resting heartrate shows 55bpm (bradycardia). I also done a cardiac stress test which lasted 11.5 minutes achieving 96% of max heart rate. My question is has anybody had or know about the significance of a slight dyskinetic wall motion or its prognosis. I have done the usual googling but the texts have gone over my head on this one. The catdiologist was happy enough with all the results although I only noticed the dyskinetic thing after I got the report. It is causing me some stress and any help would be greatly received.

[Fanfab1]

best thing is ask the cardiologist, research is helpful but you need it from the horse’s mouth. Hopefully you might be able to ask their secretary to enquire on your behalf if you haven’t got an upcoming appointment. Otherwise like the vast majority of us you’ll carry on stressing. Good luck.

The word “slightly” is key and sounds like good news but like all human beans you want clear / straight forward answers and explanations- hope you get this soon👍

[wischo in reply to Fanfab1]

Thank you, yes we all need an explanation as to what is going on with our hearts. I will try to find out although expect a reply like its harmless and nothing to worry about!! scary stuff.

[fishonabike]

"slightly dyskinetic" means that an area of the heart muscle is moving a bit less than would be accepted as normal, sometime the term "abnormal wall motion" (or AWM) is used - i am sure that you would hear very quickly if the echo showed anything which needs urgent attention

[TinaSteve1962]

If cardiology is happy, that's good, if you google yhat makes you more anxious, good luck

[wischo in reply to TinaSteve1962]

I know but honestly who does not google stuff, probably not a great thing to do I agree.

[Hidden]

Your tests sound good to me I would love mine to be like yours but we are all different and have different issues, mine is congenital, but I know what you mean when you see a strange word which sound horrendous to us. However my mri found that my right ventrical has a good tapse 20mm which is the horizontal squeeze. But the ventrical also had dyskinetic motion so its not working quite efficiently. But your ef values are quite good . Naturally we all try to look these words up but it is best to discuss with the experts if it concerns you but from what you have written I don't think you need to worry too much. I wish my stress test was 11 minutes. Got past 6 minutes and I could not push the peddles any more. But you have every right to show some concerns. Remember it is your body so you have to ensure you understand everything. Take care

[wischo in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for your reply and as you can imagine it is very difficult to get a cardiologist to answer a question properly as I think they mostly tell you what you want to hear. I was diagnosed with mild dilated cardiomyopathy back in 2012 with EF 45/50% and that went up to 56% for a few years and eventually settled at 48 to 52% so not so bad I think. Yes I looked up slight dyskinetic wall motion and as usual it was very vague and grim reading in some articles. I will ask my GP next visit although the cardiologist never mentioned it at the review and I am finding it difficult to understand the text studies on the internet so I guess if it was serious they would have intervened. Wishing you a happy new year.

[Hidden]

Don't worry I looked up dyskinetic when I saw it. Yes they are quite vague I suppose they don't want to tell you too much as it is beyond our pay grade as they say. Any way alot of what they write is for their eyes and others in their field. Personally try not to worry. My left ef is 52% on an mri scan, 44% on an echo? Which is more accurate. The mri. However my right ventrical ef is 21%. I suppose iam a bit of a swat trying to understand my congenital issue. But it is the worst thing you can do, but my curiosity takes over. Plus I do want to know, its a way of coping? Mentally this has sent me to another planet since finding out but you have to keep going and put faith in the specialists and confonfidence in your heart. Take care