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Suggest Treatment For Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis

i m supposed to get echocardiograms every 2 years b/c of a heart condition that runs in my family (IHSS). It s been 3 years since my last one (those results were normal) and I made an appt. for one in 2 weeks. I ve been having some chest pains and I m generally worried about my heart and don t want to wait 2 weeks for the test. Can I go to an emergency room or urgent care to have one done right away?
Mon, 27 Feb 2017
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Hi,
Welcome, this is Dr Sameer, cardiologist.
IHSS do follow a hereditary pattern and we advice such patients to be in regular follow up & do some tests. If your earlier tests have been fine, than it does not rule out possibility of having a heart issue in future.
If you are having chest pain, I'll recommend you to go to the Emergency & at least do a ECG to see if anything is wrong.
For your knowledge, cardiac pain is non localized (i.e. it is diffused) & increase on exertion (with exercise like walking, running or stress) & it is generally not relieved by traditional pain killers.
So yes, get yourself evaluated soon.
In future, despite of having a simple echocardiogram, I'll advice you for a stress echo, which helps better in predicting chances of future cardiac events.
Thanks
Take care
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Suggest Treatment For Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis

Hi, Welcome, this is Dr Sameer, cardiologist. IHSS do follow a hereditary pattern and we advice such patients to be in regular follow up & do some tests. If your earlier tests have been fine, than it does not rule out possibility of having a heart issue in future. If you are having chest pain, I ll recommend you to go to the Emergency & at least do a ECG to see if anything is wrong. For your knowledge, cardiac pain is non localized (i.e. it is diffused) & increase on exertion (with exercise like walking, running or stress) & it is generally not relieved by traditional pain killers. So yes, get yourself evaluated soon. In future, despite of having a simple echocardiogram, I ll advice you for a stress echo, which helps better in predicting chances of future cardiac events. Thanks Take care