Stress test for coronary artery disease
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An Echo Stress Test or a Nuclear Stress Test, if the doctor is suspecting coronary artery disease. However, a regular stress may be sufficient in stable patients or those with a low suspicion of coronary artery disease who are being assessed for exercise tolerance (for example, prior to undergoing a structured exercise or rehab program). If you are/were experiencing chest pains an EKG Stress test is not reliable and probably should have had a Nuclear Stress Test.
Im a 24 year old male that has hypertension since 21 and recently began having shortness of breath and chest pain which my doctor determined were panic attacks, however I was concerned whaf I suffered from was angina or coronary artery disease.
If you have carotid artery disease, you probably also have severe coronary artery disease. So, the risk factors for carotid artery disease are similar to those for coronary artery disease. The risks are the same but to identify the degree of occlusion with one group with another group at a different body location may not be very reliable.
The risk are high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and triglycerides in the blood.
She gets sweating wlile walking app 200m distence for last 5-6 years. so her stress test was done. baseline ECG is normal. On Bruce protocol she could walk for upto 2 min on treadmill. There were no ECG changes during test, but during recovery phase she developed ST depression with T inversion in II, III, AVF , I, aVL and V2 to V6 for 10 min. She was not having chest pain at that time.
She is undergoing Cor angio shortly. What is the probability that she can have Triple vessel disease?
However it has left me confused. I wish my mind would just shut down sometimes. What test DOES detect coronary artery disease and an enlarged heart. I just can't believe his stress test went off without a hitch. Mine did too. My Echo's are always fine too. I'm 5'5" and 106 lbs but my cholesteral has never been under 200. It lingers at 215. My good cholesteral is high at 80 and my ldl is low. My overall ratio is 2.9 and my doctor thinks that is fine.
In people without symptoms, especially younger people, the likelihood of coronary artery disease is low, despite an abnormal test result. In such cases, a positive result is usually more likely to be false than true.
The gold standard is coronary angiography. I think you should undergo coronary angiography after the excision biopsy as you’ll also be assured if the coronary angiography comes out to be normal.
I hope that helps. Please do keep me posted. Kind Regards.
Exercise tests and stress echocardiograms are screening test for coronary artery disease. If these screening tests are abnormal, the next step is most likely a cardiac catheterization and angiogram in order to look definitively at your coronary arteries. Now, screening tests can be falsly positive or negative.
Usually a cath procedure is done after a stress test to open any blocked vessels discovered with a stress test as well as measure any gradient pressures and intra-chamber, vessel pressures, etc.!. Are you having chest pains that can not be relieved with medication? Pain with exertion and relief with rest?
2.5 mm sized non dominant artery with diffuse artheromatous disease for length of 37 mm with multifocal blocks and patchy contrast opacification
Right coronary artery: dominant 3.6 mm sized artery with focal significant (>70%) stenosis, distal to 1st RV branch;secondary to concentric mixed wall plaque, which extens for length of 7 mm. Rest of RCA is normal.
PDA/plv branches:normal. Kindly suggest should I go for angioplasty .
Transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR) is a new therapy for the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease refractory to standard revascularization techniques and maximal medical treatment. It creates transmural channels into the ischemic portions of the left ventricle that enable blood to perfuse them.
This test shows how well blood flows into the heart muscle and can detect narrowing of the coronary arteries (coronary artery disease). Appropriate for vessel occlusions...ischemia that may cause angina (chest pain).
I recently had a CT angiogram (64 slice), and my insurance paid without prior approval. My insurance is correlated to medicare coverage and having prior heart issues may be a consideration.
ie: a normal coronary artery would be 2-3 mm, but a 6-7 mm coronary artery is a very different concern than a 4-5 mm coronary artery. If the imaging by CT shows no aneurysms that is good. I am not sure what is "abnormal" about the ECG? usually in the incidental finding of a dilated coronary artery, the ECG is normal.
His distal LCX is the main concern. At 70% he will need treatment which in his case may just be medication although depending on the actual location a stent may be recommended. His overall report otherwise is not serious but lifestyle changes concerning diet and exercise are needed.
Also, please know there is no diet that will remove plaques once it's there so don't let talks of magical heart saving diets distract him from the correct treatment.
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