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Has Anyone Received A Different Pressure Reading From Your Echocardiogram And Right Heart Catheterization Tests?
With a pressure reading on an echo of 39, you will have to see if your insurance will cover an RHC. Your doctor could always write a letter of medical necessity as 39 is so close to the 40-45 range I think it may have to be based on what my cardiologist once told me and of course depending on your own history and your insurance plan.
There are other tests too that you could have done like lung perfusion, CPET, etc that will help rule things out or in
Keep us posted…and good luck!
I had my cath due to unexplained dyspnea and decreased 02 sat.no problems with insurance. Also my echo was normal. But right heart cath showed mild PH
And I’m not sure what a team is on this forum.
Yes, it is possible to receive different pressure readings from an echocardiogram and a right heart catheterization. An echocardiogram provides an estimate of pulmonary arterial pressure, while a right heart catheterization directly measures the pressure inside the pulmonary arteries and is considered the most accurate Show Full Answer
If you are on somebody's team on this forum, you will get updates when that person has posted something and when you check recent activity, you can isolate and just bring up posts from your team members.
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