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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Eagler on December 16, 2020, 03:59:37 PM
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Anyone had one?
Mine is schedule for tomorrow
Had a echocardiogram done today
Only stress test I had was stopped after less than 10 minutes right before they rushed me upstairs on a Sunday and put 2 stents in.
Cardiology said the widow maker and the other blockage could not wait until Monday
That was about 32 months ago
Thanks for any experiences
Eagler
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Anyone had one?
Mine is schedule for tomorrow
Had a echocardiogram done today
Only stress test I had was stopped after less than 10 minutes right before they rushed me upstairs on a Sunday and put 2 stents in.
Cardiology said the widow maker and the other blockage could not wait until Monday
That was about 32 months ago
Thanks for any experiences
Eagler
Have not been down that road, though I do hope you don't encounter any issues. <S>
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Best wishes to you, Eagler, and hoping that everything works out well.
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Anyone had one?
Mine is schedule for tomorrow
Had a echocardiogram done today
Only stress test I had was stopped after less than 10 minutes right before they rushed me upstairs on a Sunday and put 2 stents in.
Cardiology said the widow maker and the other blockage could not wait until Monday
That was about 32 months ago
Thanks for any experiences
Eagler
Yes. They have the option of using an injection to induce the stress. Didn't care much for either method.
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My wife had one done.........cardiologist used it to point out in more detail the many areas of concern within her heart, and enable him to intervene on the one(s) that needed the most urgent attention. Also said it highlights the issues that may go undetected in the microvasculature(sp?) of the heart......basically the tiny microscopic vessels that may be occluded or close to that........personally, I place little value in the stress tests normally used. She had one that showed everything was fine, then 3 weeks later had a heart attack and required quintuple bypass surgery for 8 occlusions (including the widow maker).
That was in 2014, and since that time she's had to undergo 14 heart caths with 6 stents placed.
Normal stress tests never show anything, only the nuclear stress test helped zero them in on what was causing her symptoms and issues.
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EddieK: a standard stress test looks for arrhythmia(s), BP tolerance and physical tolerance - i.e. things like dyspnea, angina...They’re not perfect at detecting everything but they are incredibly useful for those things.
His procedure is different and a lot more targeted at:
The results of a nuclear stress test can help:
Determine how well your heart is pumping
Determine the proper treatment for coronary heart disease
Diagnose coronary artery disease
See whether your heart is too large
I’ve seen them done and had patients postoperative after the test indicated a surgical procedure.
I’ve had several stress tests myself, but not a nuclear. BP, arrhythmia & CAD run in my family...
Best thing you can do right now is do what you do to relax and not worry about what is going to happen. It’s a very safe procedure and once you and your doctor know the results then go from there.
If you want to PM please do. If I may ask what lead to having the ECG done if anything in particular?
Will say prayers for you it all goes well!
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Anyone had one?
Mine is schedule for tomorrow
Had a echocardiogram done today
Only stress test I had was stopped after less than 10 minutes right before they rushed me upstairs on a Sunday and put 2 stents in.
Cardiology said the widow maker and the other blockage could not wait until Monday
That was about 32 months ago
Thanks for any experiences
Eagler
Best of luck Eagler! :pray
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Eagler, check PM
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Eaglet, pm sent.
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Thanks for the info guys..learned some things..bringing ear buds thx Toad / Puma
My EKG at the cardiologist 2 weeks ago was not as clean as the doc wanted so they are pushing the additional testing
Thanks again!
Eagler
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Hope your test goes well. <S> Eagler
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Eaglet, pm sent.
“Eagler” you’ll do well today.
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Good luck Eagler. :salute
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Just got off treadmill waiting for them to take the after images
I only had to get my heart rate up to 135 which was not to hard as I have been pushing it to over 160 on my home treadmill during my afternoon workouts.
Doc will review it all next week with me and the wife
Thanks for the kind words and support!
Eagler
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Happy to hear the nurse and tech looking at the imaging during the procedure didn’t see anything alarming where they felt compelled to notify the Dr immediately and/or send you to the hospital.
:salute
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Oh no! That means your 85 years old!!!! :) (Maximum heart rate Bruce Protocol is 220 - Age = 135)
Told you you'd be fine. Hope the scans show you doing well.
Glad you have that behind you.
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Happy to hear the nurse and tech looking at the imaging during the procedure didn’t see anything alarming where they felt compelled to notify the Dr immediately and/or send you to the hospital.
Could be part of a nefarious international conspiracy.
- oldman (let us know when you get the results, Eagler)
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I was surprised to see the actual cardiologist standing beside the treadmill walking me through each incline and speed change
I was lucky he was on call at TGH when they sent me over there from the local emergency room.
Dr Hulse .. very professional and courteous, would recommend him highly
<S>
Eagler
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Thanks Toad
Doc stated it was like 85% of max rate or something like that
They put me in a chair instead of the table for images
Then the chair spun alittle for each view..pretty neat
<S>
Eagler
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Well done Eagler! :aok Not near as bad as the imagination can make it out to be. Hope the results are good news. :salute
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Could be part of a nefarious international conspiracy.
- oldman (let us know when you get the results, Eagler)
Seriously trolling in a thread about a fellow players health?
WTF is wrong with you. There’s all the other threads for that!
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Oldman is cool, we go back a ways
He was just kidding around
<S>
Eagler
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Oldman is cool, we go back a ways
He was just kidding around
<S>
Eagler
Ahh ok :aok
It just seemed way too close to the trolling, baiting etc in the Covid and Trump threads.
My apologies!
:salute