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is an echocardiogram a meaningful test?

i have had the following tests this week: 2 EKG tests 24...
Marvelous Half-breed
  05/01/14
WTF are you doing all this shit for?
180 Boltzmann Theater Stage
  05/01/14
Cardiophobia (from the Greek: φόβ...
Marvelous Half-breed
  05/01/14
So you are a nutjob?
180 Boltzmann Theater Stage
  05/01/14
you're a hypochondriac. annoying, hysterical hypochondriacs ...
Lavender curious address
  05/01/14
the only tests that matter for heart shit: nuclear stress...
internet-worthy juggernaut
  05/01/14
i had an echocardiogram, which is an ultrasound test. i ...
Marvelous Half-breed
  05/01/14
nuclear is only one out there that can estimate blockage (ie...
Olive nursing home french chef
  05/01/14
i will demand the nuclear test at my appointment. i also ...
Marvelous Half-breed
  05/01/14
a nuke could have saved tim russert, kidd craddock etc. WBus...
Olive nursing home french chef
  05/01/14
OTOH, "In the past, if someone passed a [nuclear] st...
Effete nighttime hunting ground
  05/01/14
they don't render as much information as an angiogram.
Pale filthy forum
  05/01/14
but does an echocardiogram say more about the function of th...
Marvelous Half-breed
  05/01/14
you need an electroconduction test
demanding out-of-control masturbator
  05/01/14
is that an electrocardiogram? i had several of these. will i...
Marvelous Half-breed
  05/01/14
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Marvelous Half-breed
  05/01/14
Did you die? After months of high blood pressure, an aby...
odious meetinghouse idiot
  03/19/18
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odious meetinghouse idiot
  03/19/18


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Date: May 1st, 2014 3:52 PM
Author: Marvelous Half-breed

i have had the following tests this week:

2 EKG tests

24-hour EKG monitor in the hospital

Holter Monitor

2 Echocardiogram tests

Complete metabolic blood test

Physical examination by a cardiologist

heart x-ray

nothing abnormal was detected during any of these tests.

i am scheduled to have further 'stress' tests next week; but based on the above test results, what is the probability that my heart function is sound & that i will not drop dead? i am fairly certain i am going to die within a month.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25484705)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 3:53 PM
Author: 180 Boltzmann Theater Stage

WTF are you doing all this shit for?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25484711)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 3:55 PM
Author: Marvelous Half-breed

Cardiophobia (from the Greek: φόβος, Phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear" and cardio meaning "heart") is the fear of the heart or heart disease.[1] People with a family history or prior personal history of heart problems or diseases are more likely to develop this phobia.[citation needed] The phobic may also be a heart attack survivor with the fear of having another. Others are afraid of the image or symbol of a heart due to a bad relationship.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25484724)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 3:58 PM
Author: 180 Boltzmann Theater Stage

So you are a nutjob?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25484748)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 5:53 PM
Author: Lavender curious address

you're a hypochondriac. annoying, hysterical hypochondriacs usually live into their 100s, which is unfortunate and unjust.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25485533)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 3:57 PM
Author: internet-worthy juggernaut

the only tests that matter for heart shit:

nuclear stress test

ultrasound

the rest are bullshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25484739)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 4:15 PM
Author: Marvelous Half-breed

i had an echocardiogram, which is an ultrasound test.

i am having a non-nuclear stress test on monday. are you saying this test is not worthwhile?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25484841)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 9:13 PM
Author: Olive nursing home french chef

nuclear is only one out there that can estimate blockage (ie coronary artery disease/sudden heart attack risk) without cutting you open

you may have to obtain other prereq testing to get it covered by your ins though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25486627)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 9:29 PM
Author: Marvelous Half-breed

i will demand the nuclear test at my appointment.

i also will demand the calcium-score CT scan, and a coronary CT Angiography.

i will insist on having all known cardiac diagnostic tests.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25486716)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 9:37 PM
Author: Olive nursing home french chef

a nuke could have saved tim russert, kidd craddock etc. WBush just had a stint bc of his nuke results

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25486775)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 9:57 PM
Author: Effete nighttime hunting ground

OTOH,

"In the past, if someone passed a [nuclear] stress test they were sent home with a hearty assurance that they were fine. We now know that just isn’t so. Bill Clinton had multiple stress tests, all of which came back negative, not long before he had quadruple bypass surgery."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2011/09/19/my-visit-with-a-cardiologist-and-what-you-should-know-about-your-heart/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25486869)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 3:57 PM
Author: Pale filthy forum

they don't render as much information as an angiogram.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25484745)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 4:18 PM
Author: Marvelous Half-breed

but does an echocardiogram say more about the function of the heart rather than about the health of the arteries? at my age, considering my symptoms, i do not know whether to worry about blocked arteries. my issues are skipping beats and tachycardia/bradycardia, &tc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25484856)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 5:56 PM
Author: demanding out-of-control masturbator

you need an electroconduction test

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25485558)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 9:07 PM
Author: Marvelous Half-breed

is that an electrocardiogram? i had several of these. will i still die?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25486591)



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Date: May 1st, 2014 5:30 PM
Author: Marvelous Half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#25485379)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:15 PM
Author: odious meetinghouse idiot

Did you die?

After months of high blood pressure, an abysmal resting heart beat, family history of heart disease, my doctor demanded I get an echocardiogram/ultrasound done within a week. My blood pressure today was 150/110.

Am I going to die?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#35641431)



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Date: March 19th, 2018 9:26 PM
Author: odious meetinghouse idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2557154&forum_id=2#35641521)