No. It is worth following the advice of your cardiologist to make sure no clots or further blockages have formed. It is also a good chance to ensure the condition of your stent, making sure no restenosis has occurred. If you are not happy about an angiogram, then you could request a CT. If you have a CT then obviously any possible surgery will have to wait whereas during an angiogram they can pop a Stent in if required.
With just the information you provide, I would not go with an angiogram. If you are having chest pains (angina), does a nitrate relieve the pain? If your chest pain (angina) is not relieved with medication, then an angio. Did you have symptoms that would lead a doctor to believe you may have had a heart attack?
Troponin is the appropriate test if a heart attack is suspected?. When a patient has a heart attack, levels of troponins can become elevated in the blood within 3 or 4 hours after injury and may remain elevated for 10 to 14 days.
New Troponin-I Range 0.00-0.14 (normal) 0.15-0.49 (intermediate) >0.50 (positive).
Your 0.12 is within the normal range!
Too soon? With my last heart attack in 2006 as soon as the blood work showed that the chest pains was a heart attack, I was sent immediately to the cath lab. Seems to be the way many hospitals react now. Treat you as soon as the heart attack is detected. Ally
I have to seriously ask if a raise of normal levels from 0.04 to 0.14 is wise. My troponin was 0.12 and I was rolling around in agony and a blocked circumflex. I have a sneaky feeling it's to help alleviate the queues for further tests.
I'm 37 now but on my 32 y/o i had troponin level of 2.24 which i suffer of severe chest pain and weakness on my right arm for a while but after 5 hours it back all to normal and thats where they found out my trop was raise. But when I have my angiogram its comeback all normal, so do I be diagnose as MI or Ischemic heart disease patient?