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How To Treat Shortness Of Breath?

I am 64 years old, my doctor said I have non specific changes in my EKG from a year ago, she said if I have shortness of breath she would do an EKG, ever since she told me this I have been feeling like something is wrong. She could not explain non specific changes - I asked her if I might have a heart attack - she said "I don't think so" - she seemed somewhat concerned but said to come back in a year unless I started having chest pain. what do you think?
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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just changes in an Ecg is not dignostic weather you are having heart disease or not. doctors always corelate these ecg chaneges with patients symptoms and other cardiac investigations such as troponin i. if your history , examination and other investigations not supporting to ecg changes you may not having a heart disease. other thing if ecg changes not progressive it may not be significant. so a doctor never decide weather you have heart disease or not only from ecg changes. chest pain or shortness of breath on mild ecertion may suggestive of heart disease.thats may be the reason doctor planned to do ecg if you experience shortness of breath. anyway still you have a suspicion you can consult a cardiologist. he may arrange echo and exercise ecg to exclude heart disease.
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How To Treat Shortness Of Breath?

just changes in an Ecg is not dignostic weather you are having heart disease or not. doctors always corelate these ecg chaneges with patients symptoms and other cardiac investigations such as troponin i. if your history , examination and other investigations not supporting to ecg changes you may not having a heart disease. other thing if ecg changes not progressive it may not be significant. so a doctor never decide weather you have heart disease or not only from ecg changes. chest pain or shortness of breath on mild ecertion may suggestive of heart disease.thats may be the reason doctor planned to do ecg if you experience shortness of breath. anyway still you have a suspicion you can consult a cardiologist. he may arrange echo and exercise ecg to exclude heart disease.