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Why Was I Recommended Echo Stress Test While Having Irregular Heart Beat/breathlessness?
I am a 57 year old woman. I have hypertension well controlled with prescription meds for 2 years. recently I went for routine exam, doc asked me whether I had shortness of breath, irregular heart beats, lightheadedness, or left arm tingling. No to all of the above. Why did doc recommend echo stress? BTW: my results came back normal (Thank goodness!), yet now I have a $9,000 bill for a test that was normal. Could any other test have been done as a heart function screen before the echo stress?
Fri, 28 Dec 2018
Hi,
With risk factors for coronary disease like Diabetes or hypertension or abnormal lipid profile, we recommend our patients to get themselves screened for the possibility of having coronary heart disease.
If the person is symptom-free or does not have any risk factor we do not recommend the same. So I'll advise you to get it done just to be safe for the future.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Sameer Maheshwari, Cardiologist
With risk factors for coronary disease like Diabetes or hypertension or abnormal lipid profile, we recommend our patients to get themselves screened for the possibility of having coronary heart disease.
If the person is symptom-free or does not have any risk factor we do not recommend the same. So I'll advise you to get it done just to be safe for the future.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Sameer Maheshwari, Cardiologist
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