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Old 10-22-2012, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Shirleevee View Post
When we moved here, my husband went to a Cardiologist and told him of all his health issues. After taking a verbal history and noting that he is extremely active and eats clean, he said that he would like to do a stress test. That done, he said he wanted to do an Angiogram. Hubby had one the previous year and all was well.......but he had one and a 90% blockage was found. I thank that doctor every day for what some would consider unnecessary tests.
I see that in a previous post you indicated that heart disease was already well established. Therefore, that's not an example of something I would call, "unnecessary testing". I never said not to test patients who already have established heart disease.

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