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Shortness of breath
Due to shortness of breath done Covid test on 17th June report was Negative. But shortness of breath continued, and feeling like something stucked in throat, burping.
A Pulmonologist advised HRCT chest and ECHO on 30th June and both reports are normal.
Que1- does HRCT shows Covid just to reconfirm?
Que2- does heart blockage impact any abnormalities in Echo report?
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Dr. Sunil Kumar
Pulmonologist
13 yrs exp
Udaipur
1. HRCT detect lung lesions like pneumonia. If there is pneumonaia due to covid then HRCT detect it as pneumonia ..but what is the causative organism for pneumonia can only be decided by culture or Molecular methods like rt PCR
2. Yes heart blockage shows abnormalities in echo like wall motion defects
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