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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa
You confuse me.
A nuclear stress test can be executed either on a treadmill or through the use of chemical stimulation of your heart. It all depends upon whether you are physically capable of exercising on the treadmill long enough to get your heart to the target heart rate.
In either case, treadmill or chemical, the thing that makes it a nuclear stress test is based upon the injection of nuclear material into your blood stream before the test begins.
You condemn an office that is "run like an assembly line." Couldn't that also be characterized as simply being well organized and efficient?
You say that one should steer clear if you get bills that do not reflect what was actually done. By then it's too late to steer clear.
Your original post, although possibly well meaning, is totally valueless because of your failure to provide the name of the doctor.
Perhaps you could have simply recommended that people should check out that doctor by name on the web site where you say others have criticized him.
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Originally Posted by mrsyarbie
I don't understand, if you had no symptoms what prompted you to seek a cardiologist? Did you have angina? or shortness of breath? did you have fainting spells ?? feelings of discomfort when you exert yourself, you said you were asymptomatic but angina comes in many forms not just chest pain so I find your remarks confusing... I worked for USF Health Cardiology for 16 years and can recommend many excellant cardiologists just 90 minutes away if you like.A nuclear test is done rather than a treadmill test for many reasons for example because heavy smokers usually tire out and develop shortness breath before the test can be completed properly and diagnosed , or also in cases of obesity. Hope if you have any type of cardiac related disease like hypertension you will continue to seek care..
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Hello. If you read the entire thread, you would understand why I initially agreed to have some tests done. The doctor scared me half to death! The conversation came up while my husband was being tested (and by the way, also without symptoms, but had been referred by another "good ol' boy"...."just to be on the safe side"). I was advised that it would be in my best interest due to a past ( I quit 25 years ago) hx of smoking and a family history of heart disease. However, I had and have no symptoms. I was told that I could drop dead any second even without symptoms. It has since dawned on me that I can be stuck by a car, lightning, or a wayward crane bucket and die without any warning, too. Should I be tested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time? This was not good medicine; it was simply a means for lining the pocket of a greedy and unscrupulous individual (IMHO!).