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thallium
by john_gone_fishing, Feb 22, 2008 09:14PM
HI,
I have a question I had back in 1993 at the age of 40 failed a stress thallium, even though I had completed the running portion of this test. I was sent to angio cath and found nothin there. False positive, I was told by the cardioligist to express to any future events the outcome of this test as any future tests would also be false positive. In 2006 had a stress echo as the cardiolist agreed that the thallium would probably be false positive. Is this correct?
The reason is now 15 years later I had a 95% blockage in my LAD lower portion. This was found on the 64 ct almost exactly the same in the cath. To evaluate the posibilty of restenosis I asked the cardioligist to use the 64 ct again, which he said was not as good as an evaluation as the Thallium. I had read some report from CHC and Oxford, John hopkins, Mayo that is 95% effective. Is the 64 ct a good tool for a single 21 mm stent??
I have a question I had back in 1993 at the age of 40 failed a stress thallium, even though I had completed the running portion of this test. I was sent to angio cath and found nothin there. False positive, I was told by the cardioligist to express to any future events the outcome of this test as any future tests would also be false positive. In 2006 had a stress echo as the cardiolist agreed that the thallium would probably be false positive. Is this correct?
The reason is now 15 years later I had a 95% blockage in my LAD lower portion. This was found on the 64 ct almost exactly the same in the cath. To evaluate the posibilty of restenosis I asked the cardioligist to use the 64 ct again, which he said was not as good as an evaluation as the Thallium. I had read some report from CHC and Oxford, John hopkins, Mayo that is 95% effective. Is the 64 ct a good tool for a single 21 mm stent??
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