@drevanlevine: Why most people without symptoms should not have stress tests. #heart #healing #healthcare #medicine #doctor

suzyloo216 :

I'll never take a chemical stress test again.

Spokane Area Realtor :

My husband had 3 blockages the stress test he passed he demanded a procedure they found the blockages.

malboro______ :

This is me lol. I was a healthy 23 year old and for unknown reason decided its best for me to get an ecg before going back to college. Dr mistakenly diagnosed my ecg as abnormal causing me to panic and be anxious about my heart untill now about 2 months later.. went to cardiologist and he said my ecg was normal… eitherway decided to get a few test and all came back normal. Now i have crippling anxiety 24/7 and cant get enough sleep bcause im scared id die. Its like my mind can’t accept that im safe and healthy. Cant even talk to my friends, cant even go to class. Its basically hell for me right now

Serenity :

I had stress test as was getting burning ache more in upper back so did treadmill stress test. I was doing ok but had that burning ache. So they stopped it. I think it’s muscular. This was result of test. Now I’m being sent for nuclear stress test to rule out ichemia.

Chloenkitty :

I’ve had 3 stress tests and they all scares the crap out if me because they were wrong and I had cardiac cath. Waste of money and time

f4mdtwr :

What is good medical therapy?

CarrieAnn :

Too late 😭 One patently false alarm and I got the works. No stent however, just a statin.

Roger Mcmunn :

Would PVCs count as symptomatic? I’ve had them all my life, but more as I age. I’m 71 year male. Stress test and echo were ok, but he was unsure about the bottom of the ventricul not getting enough blood flow. He wasn’t sure, so a ct scan has been ordered. I’m skeptical.

@Joshua Hibbs🐢𓆉 :

My general care physician told me about a test, I think it is some kind of CT scan but I think they put contrast in you and they can check everything in your heart. He said it cost like $150-$400 dollars depending on where you go and most insurance companies will not cover it because the price is so low.

Paul's Heart :

I am glad my primary care doctor ordered the nuclear stress test, my age 42 at the time. my symptom, just one, was a temporary chest tightness. but she had a hunch keeping in consideration my treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma 18 years ealier, including high dose radiation. of course, the doctor like you mentioned, planned to do a couple of stents, but once at the blockage, they realized it was far worse, requiring a 2x CABG of the LAD. I was told it was not a question if I was going to be unalived, but when.

allyatx :

my doctor says I have to have a nuclear stress test before a big spine surgery I am going to have. i have great a1c, BP and lipids. my fear is they find something like what you are saying.

Number one child :

My dr said I “might have a small artery blockage.” My cholesterol is 73. He wants a chemical nuclear stress test and me on statins. I said NO to both. I only have a slight shortness of breath due to inactivity(IMO) due to a back injury a year ago.

Evil Bunneh :

is the nuclear bad for you?

mimi :

Saving this to show my doc !

uu7agfdasx1t :

Spot on as always !!

Eileen Mari :

Isn’t Thallium used in nuclear stress tests ?

Doc H :

Chloenkitty :

What are some medical therapies that protect your heart? Both sides of my family have heart disease, when I was about 50 I had a stent put in my LED artery.

@Joshua Hibbs🐢𓆉 :

I think the stress test chemical and the treadmill one are stupid. They have to have ways to detect any blockages without making you exert yourself to see if something happens. Like some people in the comments said too, they passed the stress test but still had problems.

user457105342972 :

This is exactly what happened with my Father and end up 6month long hospitalization and multiple organ failures followed by Open heart surgery and we lost him after 6months of suffering.

Blue World Health :

as you said, unless its an emergency, stents are dangerous. the edges can create blood clots and cause heart attacks and strokes. insurance does not pay for preventative stents. unethical doctors "up code" a preventative stent...to an emergency.

uu7agfdasx1t :

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