heart doctor

brt11565
on 11/20/12 6:02 am, edited 11/20/12 6:02 am - KY
RNY on 12/11/12

ok i have to go to a heart doctor to be checked for clearance for wls. i have never had any kind of heart problems. but have had a history of blood lots. what kind of test do they do? if anyone else on here has gone threw any of this.

angeleigh
on 11/20/12 6:57 am - angier, NC
RNY on 09/17/12

Mine did a stress echo. You walk on a tread mill then once you get to the wanted heart rate they look at the walls of your heart. They did mine because I had issues with my resting heart rate being to high.

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on 11/20/12 7:57 am

I had a stress echo too, and then the doctor looked it and my chart over. Think of it as a preventative measure before surgery.

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pastorkerry
on 11/20/12 8:25 am - GA
RNY on 12/20/12
I had to get a nuclear stress test last week to get cleared.
brt11565
on 11/20/12 12:28 pm - KY
RNY on 12/11/12

do they do this test the first day of a visit?

molly3613
on 11/20/12 10:57 pm - TX
RNY on 01/24/13
No. You have a consult and they might do an EKG and an echocardiogram in the office then but if they want a nuclear stress test they schedule it and you get to come back. I guess that depends on what they read from the EKG and the echo. A nuclear stress test takes time and mine was done in 2 parts. First without dye then they inject dye, you get up and walk and drink to move the dye out of yout stomach and distribute it thru your body then lie back down for part two. I also was given a banana to eat to move the dye around. All was fine. Preventative CYA I am sure. But it is your heart.

 

    

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