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Stress test results

1.Mild inferior wall ischemia and moderate inferolateral
ischemia in the basal and mid segments
PERFUSION (SPECT images): Mild stress induced perfusion defect in
the inferior wall and moderate stress induced defect in the basal
to mid inferolateral wall
What does this mean?
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976897 tn?1379167602
Looks like your LAD may have a blockage because the top front of your left ventricle is ischemic (short of blood supply). Keep in mind that this only occurs when the heart is working hard and is mild/moderate.
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11548417 tn?1506080564
This logical next step is probably a heart catheterisation. They will guide a catheter from your inner thigh or from your arm to your heart. Then they will feed a contrast agent through the catheter while making X-ray pictures of your coronary arteries. This will show if there are blockages in your arteries, how serious they are and where they are located. Several other measurements can be done to analyse the impact of the blockage to the blood supply of your heart.    
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11548417 tn?1506080564
It means that your heart is not getting enough oxygen under stress.
This is possibly a dangerous situation so the logical next step is to find out where exactly the problem is located and what to do about it.
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