Sunday, December 11, 2011

Is this CT Angiogram result normal?

The operative word I read is "minor." A q wave indicates you did have an infarct, but a very small one, without real significance in your cardiac function. All your vessels are good, according to that report, so a cath would not be necessary. Your ejection fraction is perfect. Your heart is working really well. You are fine shape. At some point in the past, a minor area of tissue did infarct enough to produce that q wave, but again, that has no functional bearing on your cardiac status. Your doctor is right when he says not to worry. If your doctor is telling you, however, that he has no idea what those test results mean, you need to get another doctor. Maybe I misunderstood: maybe you were saying you were the one who didn't understand. But if I did understand you correctly and your PCP said that to you, you needed to call your cardiologist, the one who wrote the report and ask what it meant. This really is not the best way to get your health care questions answered. You really have nothing to be anxious over, really. You are at the bottom of the question. It should be over now. There is no reason to evaluate further, but for your own peace of mind, why not go talk to a cardiologist in person, so you can gain that sense of your health for yourself.

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