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Does echocardiogram reliably diagnose rv hypotrophy?
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Yes: The echocardiogram does measure the wall thickness of both ventricles accurately.
Answered 7/19/2013
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Yes: You probably mean hyper trophy which means thickened right ventricle. Either way, echocardiography is reliable.
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