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He did an x-ray his lungs were fine which meant his heart wasn't. now more doctors and nurses and equipment come in. it's terrifying thing, they call a pediatric cardiologist dr. evans zon he was picking his mother up from the airport, luckily her plane was not delayed he got there very quickly. they did an echo cardiogram and found that billy was born with a heart disease and then they brought my wife in and they wheeled her in and the doctor told her what was going on and what the options were and decided to take her to children's hospital where there's a world renown cardiac surgeon who is ...

Together with patients, more transparency and see what those prices are and negotiate on that level. how do you do that? >> you understand this point. i did some research and found out an echo cardiogram costs $100 uptown and something else somewhere. something else for treatments that have been around for a while to maintain their high prices because nobody knows about it. the idea that president trump wants medicare to negotiate prices, that's a huge block that will bring down prescription drug prices. more negotiation, more knowing what you pay for, more health savings accounts to pay for t...

Yaum yum, is there family history. based on that you may get an echo cardiogram. we can say it is benign, induced by coffee, stress. stress can do this, throws out an extra beat. if it's something more, then there are beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. >> but only a doctor would know. >> electrolytes is key in an ekg. if you have an abnormal potassium or magnesium level, you have to get that taken care of. >> atrial, and ventricle. one takes the blood away from the heart and the other to the heart. >> if there is an extra beat with either of the atreatment or ventricle, it can be diff...

Doctors order a bunch of extra tests. i have a family member who had some problems and went in to the doctor and the doctor said i think it's an infection but first i'm going to do this big test on you. and then an m.r.i. and then a bunch of blood tests. and at the end it was solved with just a bunch of little pills that didn't cost hardly anything at all, which was the first suggestion. you know, we hear they're trying to cover their bases. for instance, if somebody needed an echo cardiogram. if it is done in a hospital, $450. same test done in a doctor's office, $180. there's something the m...

There's an approach to health care that combines knowledge from humans and animals to solve problems. >> we got to keep it clean otherwise i will get an e-mail from mama faris. carol -- >> mama is very mama-ish. >> we love you, mom. don't be surprised to learn how many common diseases we share with other species. david wright shows us the commonality. >> reporter: in the era of high tech medicine a transesophageal e echo cardiogram is a fairly routine procedure. for ucla cardiologists. but for this patient not so much. jake is a 13-year-old chimp getting a preventative checkup common for hum...