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three years ago my husband had a heart attack. He went for his 3 yr checkup, stress test and the like.
They said he looked fine but they found a anteroapical fixed perfusion most likely a breast attuation artifact. My question is why did the dr. add in view of the large sized defect and severe intensity and location in my husband coronary atery disease should be considered . What does all that mean, My husband does have a stint.
They said he looked fine but they found a anteroapical fixed perfusion most likely a breast attuation artifact. My question is why did the dr. add in view of the large sized defect and severe intensity and location in my husband coronary atery disease should be considered . What does all that mean, My husband does have a stint.
Q:They said he looked fine but they found a anteroapical fixed perfusion most likely a breast attuation artifact. My question is why did the dr. add in view of the large sized defect and severe intensity and location in my husband coronary atery disease should be considered . What does all that mean, My husband does have a stint.
>>>>An attenuation artifact indicates a machine induced error and more specifically the artifact was/is related to a low voltage level. There may be an interest by your doctor to verify the finding.
Thanks for your question and if you have any further questions or comments you are invited to respond. Take care,
Ken
>>>>An attenuation artifact indicates a machine induced error and more specifically the artifact was/is related to a low voltage level. There may be an interest by your doctor to verify the finding.
Thanks for your question and if you have any further questions or comments you are invited to respond. Take care,
Ken
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