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Is Cardial Perfusion Or LVEF Echo More Reliable?

I am 62 and have undergone Cardio Echo Check and Mycardio Perfusion Scan
As per Echo the LVEF is 77% but as per My cardial Perfusion it is 35 % Which is correct ? For LVEF Echo is more reliable or My cardial Perfusion Scan ?

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014
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HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR HEALTH QUERY ON HEALTHCAREMAGIC. GOING BY YOUR SCAN REPORTS I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT, FOR PERICARDIAL EFFUSION (FLUID ACCUMULATION AROUND HEART),2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IS MORE VALUABLE AND INFORMATIVE THAN MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCAN.THE LATTER IS MORE PRECISELY USEFUL IN ESTIMATING CARDIAC RESERVE IN CASE OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES LIKE "ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES-HEART ATTACK(MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION)TO ESTIMATE HE HIBERNATING MYOCARDIUM THAT CAN BE SALVEGABLE BY REPERFUSION TECHNIQUES.
SO THE 77% CARDIAC OUTPUT MEASURED BY ECHO SEEMS TO BE QUITE REASONABLE AND GENUINE GOING BY YOUR AGE AND CLINICAL STATUS.CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND AUSCULTATION OF YOUR HEART(MUFFLED HEART SOUNDS ON STETHESCOPE ARE MORE IN FAVOUR OF EFFUSION )WILL ADD WEIGHT TO YOUR ECHO FINDINGS.CONSULT AN EXPERT CARDIOLOGIST TO MEET FURTHER QUERIES OF YOURS.
THANK YOU .
TAKE CARE.


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Is Cardial Perfusion Or LVEF Echo More Reliable?

HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR HEALTH QUERY ON HEALTHCAREMAGIC. GOING BY YOUR SCAN REPORTS I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT, FOR PERICARDIAL EFFUSION (FLUID ACCUMULATION AROUND HEART),2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IS MORE VALUABLE AND INFORMATIVE THAN MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCAN.THE LATTER IS MORE PRECISELY USEFUL IN ESTIMATING CARDIAC RESERVE IN CASE OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES LIKE ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES-HEART ATTACK(MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION)TO ESTIMATE HE HIBERNATING MYOCARDIUM THAT CAN BE SALVEGABLE BY REPERFUSION TECHNIQUES. SO THE 77% CARDIAC OUTPUT MEASURED BY ECHO SEEMS TO BE QUITE REASONABLE AND GENUINE GOING BY YOUR AGE AND CLINICAL STATUS.CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND AUSCULTATION OF YOUR HEART(MUFFLED HEART SOUNDS ON STETHESCOPE ARE MORE IN FAVOUR OF EFFUSION )WILL ADD WEIGHT TO YOUR ECHO FINDINGS.CONSULT AN EXPERT CARDIOLOGIST TO MEET FURTHER QUERIES OF YOURS. THANK YOU . TAKE CARE.