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Myocardial imaging

Post Infusion EKG: reads Patient developed 1/2 millimeter J-point depression inferolaterally leads.  No ST-T changes consistent with ischemia. Cardiac arrhythmias: No Arrhythmias were noted.  Conclusion: No evidence of inducible ischemia in the EKG portion of this study.  Please correlate with the scintigraphic portion of the study which has higher sensitivity & specificity for CAD and CAD events
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Thank You so much for your answers.  I am the person in question.  I had  Ventricular tachycardia when I was 16 and was hospitalized for 2 weeks always had a fast heart rate until 35 at that time I was taken of all medications and had no problems until now,                                                                A few months a go I started having shortness of breath and them a month a go my blood presser was going up and my hart rate was getting faster, I am back on Medication .  I am 57 years old.  I just had an Cardiac Catheterization thank god no blockage.                                                                     Still don't under stand what happened.
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Darned autocorrect!

"However, apparently another study was done at the same time, one that slowed the passage of blood..."

That's "SHowed," not "slowed."
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well, the medical history is always important, and that is absent here.

I'd have to guess that the patient in this case was being tested to see if he or she might have had a heart attack in the past--something that might have caused damage to the heart due to lack of oxygen.

The test results show a half millimeter J-point depression, which is insignificant.  If it had been one mm or two, that might have been something to look at more closely, but that was not the case.

There were not any changes in the S-T segment of the EKG that pointed to heart damage due to lack of oxygen.

There were no weird heartbeats, either.

The conclusion was that although this stress test exercised the heart in question, there were no signs of lack of oxygen during the test.  In other words, it acted like a healthy, undamaged heart.

However, apparently another study was done at the same time, one that slowed the passage of blood through the coronary arteries, looking for blockages.  The radiologist suggests comparing the results of the stress test with this other test.

Have you or the patient spoken with the cardiologist about these results?
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would like to know what the test results mean.
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What is your question?
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