Cancelled Surgery due to EKG

[dixiepeeper]

I am 42 year old white female with Mitral Valve Prolaspe. I do not have symptoms besides a little pain in the center of my chest when I am tired.  I enjoy biking and playing with my children but I am no athlete.  I am 5 feet tall and overweight.  My BMI is 25.  I have been dieting so now I find out I need my gallbladder removed.  My EKG was off so I am being sent to a cardio doctor immediately.  My question is what effects the results of EKG's?  I recently had an Echo and it was normal.  My doctor recently put me on Lasix and Potassium for high BP instead of changing my BP med which is Lotrel 5/10.  Also, I had taken a Claritin D tablet the day the EKG was done.  Would those meds have thrown the EKG off?  A month ago I was cleared to take a biking class and did so.  I was slow but I really enjoyed it and did not have any bad effects.  I admit that when I see the doctor I am nervous.  The nurse that did the EKG did it so fast that I did not realize it was over.  I am more nervous now and I am pain from the gallbladder.  I do not to take pain meds especially Vicodin which seems to be every doctors favorite for some reason.  

[Michael J. McWilliams, M.D.]

Hello,
I would need to see the EKG to know -- you really need to know what they saw.

My question is what effects the results of EKG's?  

The people doing your procedure want to take every precaution they can to prevent a complication.  It is a very rare case that we do anything besides a beta blocker for peri-operative risk management.  The best advice I have is to wait and see what the doctor says.

Would those meds have thrown the EKG off?

Probably not.  It might have increased your heart rate, but that probably wouldn't be enough to cause concern.  I think you just have to wait this one out until you see your doctor and your EKG assessed.

Good luck  with your surgery.

[Michael J. McWilliams, M.D.]

Hello,
I would need to see the EKG to know -- you really need to know what they saw.

My question is what effects the results of EKG's?  

The people doing your procedure want to take every precaution they can to prevent a complication.  It is a very rare case that we do anything besides a beta blocker for peri-operative risk management.  The best advice I have is to wait and see what the doctor says.

Would those meds have thrown the EKG off?

Probably not.  It might have increased your heart rate, but that probably wouldn't be enough to cause concern.  I think you just have to wait this one out until you see your doctor and your EKG assessed.

Good luck  with your surgery.