Orchidflower
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Other than an EKG for your heart, is it necessary to also undergo an ultrasound exam just in case? I'd like not to do anything unnecessary, frankly.
No, no physician has suggested this for me, but I do have a mild mitral valve problem (heart murmur), don't want to have a stroke like my mother has before (okay, she was 86 to be fair) and just thought I had better ask. That seems to be my only "health issue" (if you want to consider it one).
Mom also had a heart murmur, so is this inherited? Poor thing..she's only made it to 91 so far with the heart murmur, too, been ridiculously healthy all her life and still here...but still thought I'd ask.
By the way, the WSJ had an article (3/15/10 "Abbott Heart Device Gains" in Corporate News p. B3) very recently on some new device for those with mitral valve problems that just came out. Science to the rescue for those with real problems with their mitral valves! Should we all say, "God bless all those science geeks in high school?" Yup...looks like we should.
No, no physician has suggested this for me, but I do have a mild mitral valve problem (heart murmur), don't want to have a stroke like my mother has before (okay, she was 86 to be fair) and just thought I had better ask. That seems to be my only "health issue" (if you want to consider it one).
Mom also had a heart murmur, so is this inherited? Poor thing..she's only made it to 91 so far with the heart murmur, too, been ridiculously healthy all her life and still here...but still thought I'd ask.
By the way, the WSJ had an article (3/15/10 "Abbott Heart Device Gains" in Corporate News p. B3) very recently on some new device for those with mitral valve problems that just came out. Science to the rescue for those with real problems with their mitral valves! Should we all say, "God bless all those science geeks in high school?" Yup...looks like we should.