I'm Having Trouble Diagnosing Chest Pains, and Don't Know Wh Posted: 03-22-06 17:50pm
A couple months ago I went to the ER with
chest pains. They did an EKG, x-ray, and
blood work. They sent me home, I was back
there the next night and they did the same
plus a cat scan and found nothing. I went
to a cardiologist and they did the tests
plus a stress test and a cardiac
catherization. He eventually decided
there is a problem in my heart and he
wants to do a procedure to fix it (though
i dont really understand it) I decided to
get a second opinion. The doctor did the
same tests again and he thinks there is
nothing wrong. Since the initial chest
pains, it has only happened a few times,
but then I got better at recognizing when
I thought it was going to happen and I
would just go to bed. In the past month or
so, it really hasn't happened at all. I
don't know which doctor to believe....
From your account, you have been to four
doctors: twice in the ER, then to a
cardiologist, and finally to another
doctor (cardiologist?). According to your
story, it was the first cardiologist who
singularly identified a condition with
your heart and proposed a procedure.
Coronary stress tests and cardiac
catheterizations are used to diagnose or
exclude angina pectoris. If the
cardiologist found a coronary artery
closed (the main reason for angina
pectoris), the only procedure according to
protocol is to implant a “stent” or
conduct a coronary bay-pass. According to
your symptoms and your age, Iit doesn't
seem likely that you have angina pectoris.
Angina pectoris causes chest pain during
physical activity.
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