About to turn 35 and need 1st Echocardiogram

[ThisistheDream]

I am about to turn 35 and need to get my 1st Echocardiogram and was curious about what a echocardiogram is really looking for? I know it takes a 3D look at your heart etc, but overall what are some big problems that may come up or show on the echo, that you would have been completely unaware of that maybe a problem? You always hear stories of someone who was thought to be in perfect health to only die instantly of a heart attack or who gets an echo and finds a heart defect leading to disease or denial of a 1st class medical? To pass the echocardiogram are there some tolerances to what the AME can allow vs. what they cannot allow? Does it have to show 100% perfection or just within a certain level of tolerances, like having some minor defects, normal variations, or murmors that are of no risk in the echo results that are still consider to be (normal) and good enough for the the 1st class medical? Or is it pretty much 100% perfection or your in trouble? Any input would be great thanks.

 

[EMBATP]

i had mine earlier this year and it is no big deal...it is transmitted directly to oak city...so your doc cant help you out if you test bad or something...the feds make the decision...mine was ok i guess because i never heard anything back...

do yourself a favor and give the doc a little heads up so they can prepare...i did and almost still could not do it because the nurse at the hospital it was performed at left while i was downstairs waiting to be called...luckily i got it done...but no one really knew what i wanted except for the nurse that did it..so be prepared to get asked a lot of questions by the staff

 

[Singlecoil]

It is not a 3d image of your heart. It is merely an old technology EKG, or electro cardiogram. Like was said, it is transmitted directly to OKC. The important thing in your case is, the one you take at 35 is the baseline for all your later EKG's. In other words, they compare the ones from when you are older to the one you took when you were 35 to look for changes that could indicate potential heart disease.
At least that's what I heard.
In that case, you are better off to smoke a pack of cigarettes and get plowed the night before your age 35 EKG. Imagine the confusion when your 60-year-old EKG looks better than your age 35 one.