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Originally Posted by Paully
True that brother. Another test to get if you are seeing a cardiologist is the Lexiscan stress test. Tells you all kinds of shit about your heart function. Specifically how much it pumps out the left ventricle (Ejection Fraction) and heart wall thickening.
A much better predictor of heart issues.
You sit in a chair and they inject you with a radioactive isotope and a drug that makes your body think you're running 100 miles an hour. They give you some caffeine and it stops. Coca Cola. Then they take a sort of xray and that shows them all kinds of shit.
Really fucking weird feeling.
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I've never had that test, or a regular treadmill style stress test yet. I did get an EP study done though where they inserted wires into each chamber and forced my heart to race. Then they stop and see if the heart takes over the job of beating normally again which mine did. My visits now are to get ultrasounds and look for any improvement in strength which was down to a low of 20%. Next month I go for yet another ultrasound to look for any improvements. Looks like I'll be getting a defibrillator implanted at whatever point I decide to get it done.