Should i be concern about my heart?!
Question: i went for a stress test and now they want to do another test and i dont know what to accept see i was admitted to the the hospital and they did a a test watching my heart overnite and sent me to the cardio clinic what should i be concern about
Answers: i went for a stress test and now they want to do another test and i dont know what to accept see i was admitted to the the hospital and they did a a test watching my heart overnite and sent me to the cardio clinic what should i be concern about
Hi, I'm a medical student, so take my advice with a grain of salt. Also, w/o knowing your past medical history, it's a little hard to know what's likely and not. If you really need to know, ask your doctor what he or she saw on the EKG that prompted the referral to the cardiologist. Starting from big and bad to fairly benign:
Perhaps you had a past heart attack (one of the "silent" ones) and they saw evidence of it on the EKG, or just other evidence of poor blood flow or abnormal heart size and shape. What this means is that the electrical signals generated by the heart and read by the EKG should point in a certain direction, and if one side of the heart is larger, say from a stiff valve that it has to push hard against or high blood pressure, or what have you, the direction of this signal might be thrown off. This can can come from a variety of sources - the ones I listed above, but also pulmonary hypertension (do/did you smoke?), or idiopathic reasons (idiopathic is medical speak for "we have no idea why" :-)
It's also possible s/he saw evidence of an arrythmia or other conduction problem in the heart. Some common ones are atrial fibrilation, atrial flutter, bundle branch block, AV block, and others. What this means is that there are 2 nodes in the heart that coordinate beating, the top then the bottom - sometimes the signal is slow getting from one to the other. Left unchecked, this lack of coordination can cause blood backflow and totally uncoordinated beating which needless to say is very bad. Sometimes this lack of coordination gets worse when you are exercising (like in the stress test) when the heart has to beat faster and harder.
Finally, maybe your medical team heard a murmur. Mitral prolapse is very common in women, and is often benign Other murmurs could be from aortic stenosis, pulmonary stenosis, mitral stenosis, tricuspid stenosis, and other causes too. Some murmurs are benign, some are not - a consult is a good idea.
Finally, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. How old are you? What other medical problems do you have? If you are diabetic, circulation problems and atherosclerosis and hypertension are very common and happen earlier than in the general population. The cardiology consult could just be routine preventative care to establish a baseline for down the road. Take some solace in the fact that if it was an emergency, they would not have let you out of the hospital without doing something about it. If it's something that can wait for you to get an appointment with a cardiologist, it's likely not too bad. Hope this helps, and I hope it's something benign.
ask your doc
Just trust in God. No matter what happens He will be with you.
Well, ask questions...why the tests, why the exams, whats wrong, should I be worried, is there something I should know, or do? Why don't you know?
You have to ask!!!!!! Seriously especially when pertaining to your heart. ASK ASAP...there may be things you can start doing to help your condition if any. Have you had a heart attack, do you have palpiations, problems breathing, irregular heart beats?> This is stuff you should know, or ask about.
I would say they saw something on the test that concerned them and they want to run more tests to see if everything is ok. I definitely would speak to my doc about it. Ask him what is going on, if something is not right with your heart you should be told. Don't be afraid to talk to him, it is your right to know what is going on in your body. The doctor is only a man with more schooling. Ask him what he found or what he is looking for. The more you worry the more upset you become and if something is wrong you are causing your body extra stress which is not good for the heart. Ask him,he won't bite. and make him explain it until you understand everything.
If I go to a doctor for a X test and he send to get another test without giving me any explanation I would be very concern and find one that tell me was wrong. I hope you got a good insurance because if you don't you really will be concern about you're heart after you get that BILL.
Nothing to be concern... just a test...