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My echo for eval of murmur was read by a board cert cardiologist but he's not board certified in echo. this ok? he is tried to read them regardless?
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Not unusual: And probably more than ok...This coming from a boarded echocardiography cardiologist.
Answered 7/29/2013
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Echo: Most cardiolologists are quite facile with reading echos.
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