In February 2018, Alyssa assisted the nurses for her routine EKG and sang to her heart beat during her echocardiogram. Her cardiologist is beyond pleased with her repair and although she has some minor abnormalities still, she is expected to live a completely full life with little restrictions.
Inadequate echocardiogram was defined according to the appropriate use criteria of the American Society of Echocardiography (Appropriate Use Criteria for Echocardiography, 2011) (8).
Five weeks later, the patient's ECG showed sinus rhythm with a rate of 68 beats per minute, and an echocardiogram the same day showed good left ventricular function with an ejection fraction > 55%.
Video 2: an echocardiogram in an atypical view showing a large myxoma in the right ventricle, a myxoma in the left ventricle, and another myxoma in the left atrium.
The researchers suggest considering an echocardiogram when a patient has two or more persistent positive blood cultures, persistent fever on antibiotic therapy, and /or a new pathologic murmur.
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