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Originally Posted by Villages PL
I just had a heart ultrasound video as a regular check-up that was offered by my doctor. It checks to see how the heart is pumping and how the valves are working. They also checked main arteries in other areas of the body to see if everything is working properly.
Why are you having an invasive procedure rather than ultrasound? (No radiation with ultrasound)
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A cath. is the gold standard. I had an ultrasound 2 years ago that showed renal arteries blocked extremely bad. From these results I had a cath done and when I woke up was told that they did not put in a stent and the arteries were fine. I asked the Dr. what about the ultrasound and he said they are not that accurate.