inverted t waves

[Lynn218]

I went to urgent care because I was having chest pain, pain in  my arms and I was not feeling well. The doctor had an EKG done. She said she did not like the results and she called 911. I want to the hospital told them how I was feeling and also told them I am a Diabetic on medication that I take only once a day. They repeated the EKG and it was the same results inverted t waves. I want to the Cardo doctor he repeated the EKG and again it was the same. I had a stress test and passed. I am still having all the syptoms and now the doctor wants me to go for an EGO gram.
Does this sound like it could be my heart or not?

Thanks

[kenkeith]

It is not clear why you have been given "THREE"  EKG tests ( a stress includes an EKG reading at rest and exertion.  Are referring to an echocardiogram?  Your symptoms indicate a possiblity of aschemia (lack of blood flow to the heart) usually due to some occlusion of the heart vessels.  A stress test should have been positive if that condition exists.

Checking with blood tests for electrolytes may be reasonable. Potassium defiency can be a cause of inverted T waves.


A T wave occurs when the heart is getting ready to pump again. The resting electrocardiogram (ECG) is an "inexact science", a two dimensional low-sensitivity recording of a dynamic three dimensional process, which offers limited diagnostics, and sometimes yields inconclusive or erroneous results/findings.

T wave abnormalities can provide added evidence to support clinical diagnosis. Except for hyperkalemia (low potassium), T wave abnormality alone is not diagnostic of any particular condition. The T wave MUST BE considered along with QRS and ST segment abnormalities also displayed with an EKG. Then an inverted T can be associated involving infarction (heart attack), chronic pericarditis (inflammation of heart lining), conduction block (an EKG reading would/should disclose...interference with electrical imnpulse), ventricular hypertrophy (an echocardiogram would/should show an enlarged heart).

The symptoms you describe could be heart related. If it is heart related, nitro medication would/should provide relief.