Echocardiogram shows left ventricular systolic dysfunction, 19 year old female

[Atheondora123]

Hello!

I have suffered with anxiety over my heart for many years now and in August 2017 when I was 19 I had heart tests done to put my mind at ease as I was getting crazy skipped beats (still do when I'm anxious about them, stressed or due on my period but not as bad). My doctor told me that a cardiologist has looked at all my ECGs and echo etc and that everything looks fine or isn't of any significance (my skipped beats have never been captured on any tests as far as I am aware) as nothing as been mentioned. So fast forward to today and I went to get my medical history for a thyroid specialist (only bloods) and as I was looking through the blood test results, there has somehow gotten a line there that says 'echocardiogram shows left ventricular systolic dysfunction' under which was written 'good'. This has me absolutely terrified and panicked as all google says is very bad and dangerous and essentially heart failure. Yet, when I went for my results initially, I was told that echo was all good, nothing flagged up by the cardiologist or anything. I tried contacting my gp but have to wait 3 weeks for an appointment and I am not able to function in fear that I might have a serious heart issue and can drop dead any minute. My anxiety is through the roof. Can anyone offer any insight as to what this could mean and why it says 'good'? I've had maybe a couple of skipped beats this past month or so but that was when I lied down after a heavy meal and went when I changed position. Surely I cannot be in active heart failure for 2 years at the age on 21 and no one has mentioned it?

[mmatthun123]

Hi!

A doctor never ever can let you go if he suspects something wrong without telling. So don't worry, heart failure is a very very serious diagnosis, they take it very seriously too. You should contact your gp, just to make you easen up. Doctors if the machine maybe gives autodiagnosis can rewrite things according to what they see. An ecg is a perfect for checking your heart, . So just don't worry. And they should have the responsibility to tell you what I wrote, because reading those lines, must ring an alarm in everybody's head. So keep calm, it is just a common practice.

[HamishBoxer in reply to mmatthun123]

I too have slight LV impairment and when I found it was 49% I was horrified,however the best normal is 55%!

I take a betablocker and Ace inibitor.