A few people I know have questioned the need also. Including my sister who is a RN and others I know in the med field.
Moses, my original visit to ny regular MD was for swollen lymph nodes in my neck. He ran blood work also. My LDL came back borderline. But he had scheduled the stress test prior to the blood work results. I had requested to take the stress test again. But they said my insurance wouldn't cover a retest. So between the LDL and the result of the stress test, that was the reason for the cath. It was a suggestion that I do it, I wasn't pressured into it. But of course the cardiologist that did the stress test also performed the cath( coincidence, huh?
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