AVS & SPIRO QUESTION

[Guest guest]

Some places must be doing their AVS's differently,

including the University of Michigan. I had read that

patients should be off spiro and beta blockers for

several weeks before AVS but I was told to continue

all medications, including my BB and spiro, and to

take them the morning of my test. They take samples

before ACTH, 10 minutes and 20 minutes post-ACTH. I

wish I had thought to ask Dr. Cho about the spiro

before my procedure but he's done more than 600 AVS's

so I guess he knows what he's doing.

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