@ Question about results

Saturday, May 05, 2007



A friend (54 years old male) went to see a doctor to make sure his prostate
was

Ok, he got a general examination and the doctor recommended for him to get a

Stress test/nuclear scan picture done and he will see the doctor with the
results

in 3 weeks.

There are few things in the results that concern him but do to ignorance we
don't

understand what they mean, if there is reason to be concerned.



These are the results:



Strees test: Satisfactory treadmill stress test with good exercise
tolerance with a

development of occasional PVCs and PACs during the exercise and recovery.



Nuclear portion of treadmill cardiolite gated scan:



Impression

1. Evidence for old inferior wall myocardial infarction.

2. No evidence of a stress-induced ischemia.

3. Normal left ventricular cavity size. Inferior wall motion abnormalities
seen on

Gated scan. Left ventricular ejection fraction of 55%.



Thank you for any additional information in the subject.



Lo

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