The elderly woman experienced significant delays in getting her echocardiogram and learning the results, which indicated severe heart valve disease and other heart disease.
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The woman at the centre of the report, was initially referred by her GP to Thames Hospital for an echocardiogram. She experienced significant delays in getting the echocardiogram done and learning the results which indicated severe heart valve disease
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