Cardiac assessment

7th May 2010 16wks

Cardiac scan today showed 2/6 long systolic murmur, probably conducted to the axilla and it was thought that the murmur probably arose from the mitral valve!! (now can you see why its hard to keep all the info in my head!!!)
She had a small low muscular VSD with minimal shunt with no right ventricular dilatation.
The pulmonary valve gradient was 1.2 metres per second. There was no duct.
The aortic valve appeared probably bicuspid with a gradient of 1.2 metres per second. No aortic regurgitation.
Minimal posterior mitral valve regurgitation of countable significance.
The aortic arch appeared a shade narrow with normal femoral pulses.

Now if you have any idea what the he'll all that means then i wish you were with me at the scan!!

Basically it meant she had 2 leaky valves and a tiny hole at the top........i think! But all was ok.

A follow up appt to re check was made for 4 mths time.