scottbushey wrote:Owen,
being a cardiac nurse, I still have no idea why they ordered a stress test unless there was some indication that the pain you were experiencing was possibly cardiac. Additionally, why did they do an Adenosine test instead of the regular exercise test? A pancreatic situation would have shown elevations in your liver functions. If there were concerns over a cardiac situation your CPK, CK-MB and troponins would have been elevated. Your EKG would have had changes.......
I am not the cardiologist, but the scenario that Johnwen painted is very accurate. I experienced "chest pains" about 3 hours after my first meal in 5 days. At the time, I was also having an IV potassium drip. Now, I have never had angina/chest pains, so I don't know what they feel like and these pains, around my heart, were sharp, almost cramp-like, and they may have been skeletal muscle cramps, I don't know, but I figured since I was in a hospital to report it. That triggered the series of EKGs and blood enzyme tests - and to my knowledge everything was normal, with the possible exception of the EKG immediately after the chest pains. When the cardiologist came to chat, before the test, it was his impression that I did not have a cardiac event, but to be sure he ordered the nuclear stress test. He was thinking about the treadmill, but i told him i hadn't eaten in five days and felt weak.
