ECHO Cardiagram.

[Harrywogan]

Hi lovely people sorry if this has been posted , going swimming now but just got appointment for hospital and I've to have echo Cardiagram just wondering how long this takes think it's to check my aorta. THANKS .

[123-go]

I had an ECG on Tuesday. Was seen on time and was out within 30 minutes.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to 123-go]

An ECG or an ECHOcardiogram? Different things.

[123-go in reply to PMRpro]

It was an echocardiogram. Have I used the wrong abbreviation? 😧

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to 123-go]

ECG is usually electrocardiogram - just measuring the rhythm and electric signals. Echo is using ultrasound and looks at the actual structures by using a small probe is used to send out high-frequency sound waves that create echoes when they bounce off different parts of the body and make a picture on the screen when they get back.

[123-go in reply to PMRpro]

Ah! It was definitely an echocardiogram.Sometimes my brain hurts 😂😂.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to 123-go]

Teehee - me too ...

[Harrywogan in reply to PMRpro]

Good luck x

[123-go in reply to PMRpro]

I'm not surprised with all the scientific articles and terms you translate for us. 😀

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to 123-go]

I used to be a translator and the company I worked for a lot would have a mix of things. They would say "Oh this will be easy, not medical ..." - and I hated it! Medical stuff needed a certain style of writing - that I couldn't use for the non-medical stuff! And that was hard work, I had to think more

[123-go in reply to PMRpro]

I'm sure you coped admirably. One of the most difficult things I had to do in my working life was to interpret and mark four sides of A4 filled with illegible handwriting. Even the child who was responsible had trouble reading it back to me. Happy days!

[Exhiker]

Echos don't usually take long. It's like an ultrasound on the chest.

[Exhiker in reply to Exhiker]

Or abdomen

[Harrywogan in reply to Exhiker]

Thankq xx

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Very much depends on what they are looking for and what they find.

webmd.com/heart-disease/gui...

describes the various sorts. I had a plain echo done some years ago and it took about 20-30 mins - depends on how good a view they can get between the ribs! I also had a chemical stress echo (using drugs not a treadmill/ergometer) done a few years ago and that took quite a bit longer plus there was a resting time at the end to get over it a bit.

[S4ndy in reply to PMRpro]

Thanks Eileen, very useful. Hubby been very sob and GP had heard a murmer and thinks he has a valve problem. He's to go for bloods, ECG, Echo and chest x-ray. I struggled to explain the difference between ECG and Echo. Thanks to you I can now explain it to him. He's 70 in December and is developing a catalogue of heath problems this being the latest He's diabetic (refuses to give up sweet stuff) and has spinal stenosis which is starting to compress his cauda equina according to the latest MRI. So he's waiting to see a consultant about that. He couldn't walk far through pain and now it's joined by sob. I also have noticed a change in his skin colour, he's a bit yellow. Not in the eyes or under the tongue but his skin is a bit of an odd colour. Suffice to say I am concerned

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to S4ndy]

Yes, OH had a strange skin colour at times - and it wasn't liver even if it should have been!!! As I said to someone the other day - from 60 its downhill and by 70 is is getting a bit freewheeling ...

[Harrywogan in reply to PMRpro]

Love it ambassador, with my liking for red wine trying to watch my liver. Take care xx

[Nextoneplease]

I had echocardiograms annually until recently and they were much as PMRpro describes. Not invasive or uncomfortable at all - mine took maybe 20-40 minutes, depending on what they were looking for on each occasion x

[SheffieldJane]

Mine was about half an hour. The technician explained what I could see on the screen.

[Harrywogan in reply to SheffieldJane]

Thanks it's good to here from other folk xx

[piglette]

I had an Echocardiogram done by a cardiologist last year and I could see the screen and he pointed out all the bits and pieces of my heart. I was terribly impressed. It was the arteries that amazed me. It also had bits of colour on it. A cheap thrill anyway.

[Harrywogan in reply to piglette]

Well a Thrill cheap or not is still good x

[Bcol]

Hi, had one about three weeks ago, very thorough and took about 45 minutes. Didn't have to stop medication or do anything special just turn up.