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Originally Posted by Dgpoff
My last physical I had an EKG and the doc said that is simple terms my test says at some point I had a heart attack of some type.
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I would not worry about this until you had a full exam by a cardiologist, including stress EKG and stress Echo. The resting EKG is not an exact measurement at all, with high chances of false positives for cardiovascular disease and tough read as well. Many GPs actually rely on the EKG machine's analysis of the signal. It usually spits out "ok" and if it is abnormal and "not ok", they err on the safe side and send you to the cardiologist. Even if the resting EKG was done at the cardiologist, they will assume the worst as well, just for liability reasons. They also don't take into account the patient and how he/she presents. If you had a heart attack, you very likely would have noticed a drop in performance, angina pain etc. when exercising. While there is exceptions, note when you go to the cardiologist how the average heart patient looks like. Not a lot of athletes ...
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