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ekg changes and dizziness
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ekg changes and dizziness
by wt__0, Feb 01, 1999 12:00AM
Dear Docs,
Thanks for this forum. I recently had an echo (1/5) which indicated "
no significant abnormalities". 1/17 I went to the emergency room with chest
pain. The doc at the time said my cardiac enzymes and ekg was normal and
sent me home. Last week I received the ekg in the mail from the hospital
and it said nonspecific T wave abnormality. An old inferolateral MI cannot
be entirely excluded. When compared to EKG ST T changes are more pronounced.
." I showed the EKG to my regular doctor and he said it looked OK don't
worry. My questions are 1. Do I need to worry about an old MI? 2. Are these
EKG changes consistent with dialated cardiomyopathy? 3. Or does my echo exclude
that? 4. I felt light headed today. Could that be from a heart problem?
Thanks, Will Trout
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Dear Will
If your echo was normal (no MI, no cardiomyopathy), and if it was a good quality study, I would believe it over the EKG. The computerized readings on EKGs are often wrong; they are meant to point out any possible diagnosis, not necessarily the correct diagnosis. Lightheadedness could be from an arrhythmia.
I hope this has been useful. I wish you the best of luck. Feel free to write back.
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