Trans esophageal Echo cardiogram?
Okay so ive been having chest pains for a while. They are quick come and go sharp pains. I not real severe but I would say a 5 on a 1-10 pain scale, They are certainly noticeable. I have also been very very fatigued and having ED problems. My main issue with ED is i cant sustain a erection for very long. Im 27 years old 5"8 and 165 pounds. I quit smoking two years ago but smoked for 10 years. When i first went to the doctor last Monday they did a EKG on me. They sent me to thhe hospital on Thursday to get e Echo Cardiogram. Two hours after i got that done my DR office called and told me the Radiologist seen a abnormality in one of my artery's. They ordered me to have a Trans esophageal Echo cardiogram tomorrow morning for a closer look at what they seen. They did not want to be real specific but what are we most likely looking at here? I am kind of freaked out because I don't know what they seen specifically. What artery's do they look at during these procedures and what could the issues be with them,??
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more than likely, they want to look at the aortic valve, possibly because of reflux. that's when the valve doesn't close all the way, and little blood leaks through. or, it's possible there's something in an artery they need to see a little better.
the TEE isn't the most pleasant procedure. the doc will numb your throat with some spray. you'll then be injected with some versed (pronounced vur-said)(a 'twilight' drug) and swallow the transducer. You'll be basically asleep the whole time, but able to respond to instructions. The good thing is that the versed pretty much wipes your memory of the procedure. Be sure to bring someone to drive you home; you shouldn't drive after having versed.
You must have some emphysema going on in your lungs that obstructs the view from the sonagram. Or they just wanna have a look from a slightly different angle.
This technique will enable them to look extra heavily on the arteries feeding the rear of the midsection. apparently that the often happening echo did no longer supply the radiologist with what he seen a stable sufficient seem on the rear of your heart. as a results of backbone and ribs interior the rear of the thoracic hollow area, it could each so often be confusing to view the rear of the midsection from the exterior. Or the radiologist could purely be finicky and choose to tie up each little thing with a neat little bow, that's an exceedingly worry-unfastened, and positively needed trait for radiologists.