Re: persantine thallium test for Link

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, please tell me how did she feel during the test and what was the

outcome. I am so afraid.

Re: persantine thallium test

> Michele:

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> My wife has had one, I think. It was a stress test where the " stress " is

> induced by a drug instead of walking/running on a treadmill. Only the

> heart speeds up - there is apparently no hard breathing, etc. She is

> disabled with COPD which was the reason they did not want her on a

> treadmill.

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[Guest guest]

<<, please tell me how did she feel during the test and what was the

outcome. I am so afraid.>>

Dear Michele,

I do not think there is anything to fear. My wife said it made her feel

weird for a few minutes, and that was it. The outcome was that her

inverted T-waves were found to be meaningless. The cardio told her next

time someone did an EKG on her and expressed concern about them, to say

that she had had this stress test which demonstrated that, in her case,

they were not significant. (Sometimes they mean the heart is starving

for oxygen.)

- OU alum in MI

[Guest guest]

<<, please tell me how did she feel during the test and what was the

outcome. I am so afraid.>>

Dear Michele,

I do not think there is anything to fear. My wife said it made her feel

weird for a few minutes, and that was it. The outcome was that her

inverted T-waves were found to be meaningless. The cardio told her next

time someone did an EKG on her and expressed concern about them, to say

that she had had this stress test which demonstrated that, in her case,

they were not significant. (Sometimes they mean the heart is starving

for oxygen.)

- OU alum in MI

[Guest guest]

Michele:

I had a chemical or Thallium stress test. There's nothing to it!

Infact I hardly remember it being done!!! You are in the very best

hands. My cardiologist performed it right in the hospital. It can

give them lots of good information on your heart. Do not fear, it

truly is a piece of cake.

Debbi, OU Alum in OKC