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BORDERLINE ECG? Should I be scared?
Hello, I'm 40 yrs old - 6 foot 4 - 235 LBS perfect blood, perfect blood pressure, not as active as I should be.
I just got a reading from an MD that says Borderline ECG Possibly Due to Myocardial Ischemia
On top it says ST-T changes in the septal lead ?? what does that mean?
My ECG reads VR -72bom RR -824 MS PR 196 MS QRS 88MS QT 384 ms QTc 405 ms QT dispersion 44 MS and p-r-t 44 42 36
The Doc, said he is sending me because my Mother had a heart attack and because I told him I have some slight discomfort in my upper left chest that I can touch , not internal , I don't think!!! :( He says he might not have sent me had I not told him about my Mother....
What do you think?
I just got a reading from an MD that says Borderline ECG Possibly Due to Myocardial Ischemia
On top it says ST-T changes in the septal lead ?? what does that mean?
My ECG reads VR -72bom RR -824 MS PR 196 MS QRS 88MS QT 384 ms QTc 405 ms QT dispersion 44 MS and p-r-t 44 42 36
The Doc, said he is sending me because my Mother had a heart attack and because I told him I have some slight discomfort in my upper left chest that I can touch , not internal , I don't think!!! :( He says he might not have sent me had I not told him about my Mother....
What do you think?
Thanx! I go to Cardio tomorrow at 5pm , I just walked the dog for a mile and a half with some light running and some chasing in the backyard, I feel no "angina" etc.
So , I'm feeling confident.
I'll let you guys know!
Oh I hate this stuff..
So , I'm feeling confident.
I'll let you guys know!
Oh I hate this stuff..
COMMUNITY LEADER
I think your doctor is doing the right thing if you have a family history of early onset heart disease. However, as stated, EKG are not too reliable. Here's my worst experience with one.
So I'm in having my annual check up with my cardiologist a couple years ago and they start with an EKG like normal. A few moments later, the cardiologist walks in and starts going over the past year. We discuss my weight loss, my diet and my exercise routine and in mid sentence she stopped as she was reading my EKG. She asked me directly, "do you remember having any chest pain since last year that may have been a heart attack?". She then asked if I was having and chest pain right now. I said no and she continued to grill me for another 5 minutes trying to get me to admit to having chest pain during the past year. She explained that my EKG showed a significant change from a year ago and thinks I had a heart attack or was about to have one.
After discussing my imminent demise for a few more minutes, she says she's going to have another "more experienced" tech come in and repeat the EKG. I'm laying on the table all hooked up and the cardiologist calls the tech out into the hall outside the door. I could hear her very clearly tell the tech to bring the strip to her immediately in the other examination room and be prepared for a trip to the cath lab. After hearing that I figured there was no way I was going to be able to have a normal EKG as my heart was going nuts with the news. I looked at the monitor I was also hooked up to and my BP was 145/90 and my heart rate was 110.
Long story short, the second EKG was fine, just like the previous year. The first tech had misplaced a couple of leads giving her a bad EKG. Morale of the story, don't get too worked up over an EKG. Get the stress test to be sure, but don't let it ruin your life in the meantime.
Jon
So I'm in having my annual check up with my cardiologist a couple years ago and they start with an EKG like normal. A few moments later, the cardiologist walks in and starts going over the past year. We discuss my weight loss, my diet and my exercise routine and in mid sentence she stopped as she was reading my EKG. She asked me directly, "do you remember having any chest pain since last year that may have been a heart attack?". She then asked if I was having and chest pain right now. I said no and she continued to grill me for another 5 minutes trying to get me to admit to having chest pain during the past year. She explained that my EKG showed a significant change from a year ago and thinks I had a heart attack or was about to have one.
After discussing my imminent demise for a few more minutes, she says she's going to have another "more experienced" tech come in and repeat the EKG. I'm laying on the table all hooked up and the cardiologist calls the tech out into the hall outside the door. I could hear her very clearly tell the tech to bring the strip to her immediately in the other examination room and be prepared for a trip to the cath lab. After hearing that I figured there was no way I was going to be able to have a normal EKG as my heart was going nuts with the news. I looked at the monitor I was also hooked up to and my BP was 145/90 and my heart rate was 110.
Long story short, the second EKG was fine, just like the previous year. The first tech had misplaced a couple of leads giving her a bad EKG. Morale of the story, don't get too worked up over an EKG. Get the stress test to be sure, but don't let it ruin your life in the meantime.
Jon
I HOPE SO!
This may ease your mind Mike, I recently had an EKG that said, borderline sinus tachycardia with biatrial enlargment, which is not good at all. I then had an echocardiogram and it showed that I have a normal heart. EKGs are innacurate sometimes because muscle twitches, anxiety, movement, machine defects, improper lead placement, can all lead to a faulty reading.
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