title: Ask the doctor. I have a leaking aortic valve and my last echocardiogram showed that my left ventricle is enlarged. I feel fine, but my doctor says I need regular echocardiograms. Is that really necessary? Should I have them often?
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology