Don't allow this doctor to bully you like that. You have a right to have this explained to you in a way that you can understand! Maybe he didn't know and was trying to buy time. Take it with you to your internist, but I think I would find a different cardiologist!
mammo is correct, make your doctor sit down and explain the printed report to you, it's your right.
Jon
ditto and ditto, what mammo and erijon said. I would add, wall motion definition isn't going to be understood until you get an Echocardiogram in my opinion. I would insist on a explanation and would request an Echo. Best wishes, and keep us informed.
thank you all for your feedback. the written report re: the resting stress test that i just received last week was for a test that i took LAST YEAR - July of 08, just a few months after i was diagnosed with afib. a few times i asked my cardio doc for a written report ( (like i have received for several echocardiograms i had done), and he always said there is no report because you did not complete the stress part. now, since i nagged him, he finally gave me the report. During several past visits, i saw him review this report ini his computer , so I knew there had to be something to give me!! i recall during a past visit he mentioned the possibility of trying the stress test again, but he never ordered this. my first echocardiogram showed i had bad case of cardiomyopathy - very poor left ventricle ejection fracture ( i think the word "fracture" is incorrect.) then after i had cardioversion, afib was controlled; subsequent echo showed ejection fraction normal. my diagnosis was tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy. my cardio doc always spends alot of time answering my questions, but i get nervous just being there and forget to ask the right questions sometimes; then i can't remember what he told me. my last echo was about a year ago. he did an EKG last week and i am NOT back in afib. i will discuss heart condition with my internist tomorrow. i find the heart stuff all very confusing. and i'd like to know who dreamed up 17 different types of arrythmia.
thanks again for your feedback.
I know what you mean about forgetting to ask questions, happened to me before I started writing my questions down before my appointment. That's the only way I can remember to ask everything I had questions on!
Jon