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Old 07-22-2014, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Shimpy View Post
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.
Thanks for telling me; I won't take the results too seriously. I'm pretty sure my arteries are clean so I'm not worried about that. I'm mainly interested to see if I might have an aortic aneurysm. I'll get the results at my next scheduled appointment, in about 6 weeks. Although, they said they will notify me if something is seriously wrong.