I have always (since I was about 20) had a low resting
pulseNeck pulse
Pulse
Pulse - bounding
Pulse - weak or absent
Radial pulse
Takayasu arteritis
Taking your carotid pulse rate -
sometimes as low as 45 bpm. No specific symptoms, except lethargy.
I am now 51. Had a (
routineRoutine sputum culture) stress test in January. Brady protocol.
Reached level four, 11 mins and 40 secs on the treadmill before automatic
shutoff due to reaching my target heart rate (179 bpd if I remember
correctly).
During the resting period after the stress test, the attending physician
told me (later) that I had had a 'right bundle block',which lasted for
15 mins. The cardiogram subsequently returned to
normalNormal saline flush. There were no
symptomes, except the physician had asked me to lie down, and when I tried
to get up after a few minutes, I was dizzy. And very thirsty.
I was recommended a
thalliumThallium and sestamibi stress tests test, and that I see a cardiologist, who
asked me to forego the
thalliumThallium and sestamibi stress tests test and have an
angiogramArteriogram
Cerebral angiography
Cholecystitis, cholangiogram
Coronary angiography
Gallstones, cholangiogram
Hemangioma - angiogram
Lymphangiogram
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram
Renal arteriography instead,
as the thallium test would not provide ay additional information.
I plan to have this within the next two weeks - around Mar 23.
My questions are:
1) is there any non invasive procedure that would serve the same purpose?
2) can my bradycardia and the right bundle block I had be connected?
3) is the (small?) risk of an angiogram/ angioplasty justified, in your view?
Background: strong family history of heart disease and depression;
high cholesterol level (242, Dec 98 and 216 Jan 99) and high LDL/HDL ratio, both since
(hopefully) corrected.