camgough
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My last echo showed some area of my heart was not getting the same amount of blood as other areas, so my cardio wanted me to have a PET scan/test at the local hospital. He then called back and said I was heading back to the Ottawa Heart Institute for a non-invasive CT angiogram. I had this test yesterday, and the nurse told me it was one of only 3 machines in Canada that is capable.
I have never had a normal angiogram, so it was all new. You need to get your HR to below 60bpm to have the test, and usually a beta-blocker is used. Then it is like a normal ct scan with contrast. I had a spray of nitro before to open the vessels, then 5 scans are done. Each scan takes approx. 1000 pics of the heart, and when all said and done it looks like a 3D image of the heart, showing great detail of the arteries and any blockages or other problems.
Still waiting for the results (keeping my fingers crossed).
Has anyone else had this test??
I have never had a normal angiogram, so it was all new. You need to get your HR to below 60bpm to have the test, and usually a beta-blocker is used. Then it is like a normal ct scan with contrast. I had a spray of nitro before to open the vessels, then 5 scans are done. Each scan takes approx. 1000 pics of the heart, and when all said and done it looks like a 3D image of the heart, showing great detail of the arteries and any blockages or other problems.
Still waiting for the results (keeping my fingers crossed).
Has anyone else had this test??