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i recently had a normal ekg, normal stress w thaillum and a ct angio to r/o aortic dissection, i am still having chest discomfort, the cardiologist told me that women with large breast can shadow the images and possible something can be missed, i would like to rest easy that i have no cardiac disease except for my high cholesteriol and high blood pressure that i am currently taking medication for.
Tue, 18 Apr 2017
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hello
thanks for posting here.
since you have underwent a EKG, stress thallium, CT angio all of this collectively almost rule out a coronary heart disease. Its correct that breast may shadow CT images but stress thallium is quite a sensitive test and that coupled with a normal ct angio increases the diagnosis rate. So as of now there is nothing to worry about from the heart side. still if you are insecure you can undergo a catheter ( conventional) angiogram, which is somewhat more invasive procedure.
Alternatively try a short course of antacids for 14 days to rule out hyperacidity as a cause of your symptoms.
thank you
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hello thanks for posting here. since you have underwent a EKG, stress thallium, CT angio all of this collectively almost rule out a coronary heart disease. Its correct that breast may shadow CT images but stress thallium is quite a sensitive test and that coupled with a normal ct angio increases the diagnosis rate. So as of now there is nothing to worry about from the heart side. still if you are insecure you can undergo a catheter ( conventional) angiogram, which is somewhat more invasive procedure. Alternatively try a short course of antacids for 14 days to rule out hyperacidity as a cause of your symptoms. thank you