What Is The Method To Check The Current Status Of Heart To Dertemine Any Blockage?
Posted on Mon, 6 Jan 2014
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Question: Is there a way/test to find current status of your Heart in terms of blocakge (if any ). I did ECG six month back and it was fine.But i had high Cholesterol at that time.
I don't have any problems or sysmtoms as of now, but wanted to know ist there any non-invasive test through which we can determine current status of heart. Thanks
Brief Answer:
yes - TMT & CT angio can evaluate
Detailed Answer:
Dear friend,
Welcome to Health Care Magic
The usual approach is to have a Treadmill Exercise Electrocardiogram (TMT). If it is normal, nothing to do – except to repeat annually.
If TMT (Treadmill Exercise ECG) suggests ischemia, it is an indication for further work up – The next step is TMT with thallium isotope. It is the ideal non-invasive way to evaluate ischemia / to assess the PHYSIOLOGY (function) – to see whether the blood arriving at the heart muscle.
If there is a suggestion, the next step is to see the ANATOMY (structure) – undergo catheterisation and coronary angiography with a view for possible intervention. It is the only way to directly ‘see’ the block, if any – and its location, extent, severity and so on. Coronary arteriography is invasive but it is the gold standard for this.
CT angio is non-invasive study for the anatomy. If positive, one needs catheterisation, anyway.
Good luck
Take care
Wishing all well
God bless
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What Is The Method To Check The Current Status Of Heart To Dertemine Any Blockage?
Brief Answer:
yes - TMT & CT angio can evaluate
Detailed Answer:
Dear friend,
Welcome to Health Care Magic
The usual approach is to have a Treadmill Exercise Electrocardiogram (TMT). If it is normal, nothing to do – except to repeat annually.
If TMT (Treadmill Exercise ECG) suggests ischemia, it is an indication for further work up – The next step is TMT with thallium isotope. It is the ideal non-invasive way to evaluate ischemia / to assess the PHYSIOLOGY (function) – to see whether the blood arriving at the heart muscle.
If there is a suggestion, the next step is to see the ANATOMY (structure) – undergo catheterisation and coronary angiography with a view for possible intervention. It is the only way to directly ‘see’ the block, if any – and its location, extent, severity and so on. Coronary arteriography is invasive but it is the gold standard for this.
CT angio is non-invasive study for the anatomy. If positive, one needs catheterisation, anyway.
Good luck
Take care
Wishing all well
God bless