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if a young girl 14 yo has asd and she wants to join sports ..the correct answer is allow her to participate in sports but recommend echo .. why echo here ? this is a silly question but i'm not getting it ? echo we usually do for detecting abnormal wall movement right ?
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ECHO is for much more than wall motion abnormalities..It is also good for assessment of valves and intracardiac masses....etc
In this case of ASD, it is recommended to assess 2 things:
pulmonary hypertension
myocardial dysfunction