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What Is A "Pulmonary Hypertension Protocol Echocardiogram"?
I guess I could ask my PH Specialist but I bombard him with enough questions I thought I would seek an answer here.
As a Group 2 PH patient, I am now going to have a "PH Protocol Echo" done every 3 to 4 months and it has to be done in the hospital where there is some specialization in PH (In my case John C Lincoln). I did some research trying to find out what is so special and different about a PH Protocol Echo vs a regular echo as ordered by a cardiologist, and couldn't find any recent… read more
Finally got a portal reply from Dr Moore: The PH protocol here typically includes measurements like RV strain, different measurements of flow through the pulmonary valve and more specific measurements of the right ventricle.
https://youtu.be/SN80VdvsXN8?si=FZiAX5UKlEDNlO2A
Maybe this will be helpful Heather.
Ha! I haven’t had it yet. I have it scheduled for 08/30
Hey Heather. I get your question. The name tells that is not the same as a normal ECHO. Let us know what was different once done. Good luck. 👍
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