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I had a stresstest done the other day, they sent me this earlier this evening...
Impressions...No evidence of myocardial ischemia or prior myocardial infarction
Dilated left ventricle
Normal left ventricular global systolic function
I understand that a 'dilated left ventricle' basically means the walls are thinner in that section,(stretched out), due to blood pressure, obesity, or other things...but Im not sure what that last part means, in relation to the dilated left ventricle...Im assuming the word 'normal' is a good thing, and it says NORMAL left ventricular global systolic function?
I understand that a 'dilated left ventricle' basically means the walls are thinner in that section,(stretched out), ?
You're confusing a dilated (enlarged) ventricle with a ventricular aneurysm.
A normal stresstest means there's a 90% chance that you don't have coronary artery disease bad enough to do anything about at this point. (10% chance you do-- a false negative test)
The reading of dilated ventricle is presumably based on the nuclear scan done after the exercise portion of the test and isn't terribly reliable by that method. Most likely it's an "over-read" by the radiologist and not real, but maybe your doc should consider further imaging sturdies to evaluate it.
OTOH- if they made the comment based on the EKG, then it's the doc who's confused. High voltage on the EKG implies ventricular hypertrophy, not dilatation. Two different things.
You're confusing a dilated (enlarged) ventricle with a ventricular aneurysm.
A normal stresstest means there's a 90% chance that you don't have coronary artery disease bad enough to do anything about at this point. (10% chance you do-- a false negative test)
The reading of dilated ventricle is presumably based on the nuclear scan done after the exercise portion of the test and isn't terribly reliable by that method. Most likely it's an "over-read" by the radiologist and not real, but maybe your doc should consider further imaging sturdies to evaluate it.
OTOH- if they made the comment based on the EKG, then it's the doc who's confused. High voltage on the EKG implies ventricular hypertrophy, not dilatation. Two different things.
Ask you doc.
My EKG was done couple weeks before the nuclearstresstest, doctor said the EKG was normal.
I had a stresstest done the other day, they sent me this earlier this evening...
Impressions...No evidence of myocardial ischemia or prior myocardial infarction
Dilated left ventricle
Normal left ventricular global systolic function
I understand that a 'dilated left ventricle' basically means the walls are thinner in that section,(stretched out), due to blood pressure, obesity, or other things...but Im not sure what that last part means, in relation to the dilated left ventricle...Im assuming the word 'normal' is a good thing, and it says NORMAL left ventricular global systolic function?
Does anyone know what this means?
You pay a lot of money for that test plus the doctor who reads it, ask them.
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