question: Had an echo to diagnose shortness of breath on exertion and at night. Only irregularities were as follows : mitral leaflets are mildly thickened in appearance. Mild to moderate mitral regurgitation is detected. Mild tricuspid regurgitation detected. Right ventricular systolic pressure is slightly elevated consistent with borderline mild pulmonary hypertension. My pulmonologist said its a normal echo and not the reason for the shortness of breath. That the methicoline test revealed asthma. Yet asthma does not explain the edema in my legs I take dyazide for. Am I being paranoid about this echo? Is it really no big deal?