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My 75 yr old dads echocardiogram says mild lvh with some aortic valve thickening and calcifications and some pulmonic regurgitation .remarkable study otherwise. would this show if my dad had severe coronary artery disease?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Unremarkable: Most of the studies will cite unremarkable at the end. Echocardiogram is a suboptimal test for detection of coronary artery disease and it only implies it when significant wall motion abnormalities are noted in the presence of known coronary artery disease and previous heart attacks. It cannot rule out coronary artery disease otherwise.

Answered 10/8/2020

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