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A work colleague of mine visited his GP for a medical for renewal of his HGV licence .
After undergoing an ECG , his gp was worried about the results and referred him to a heart consultant .
It transpires that 2 of 3 valves which meet at a junction were totally blocked and the third was almost blocked . ( he had no symptoms )
The consultant advise him that he was extremely lucky to have visited his gp when he did , otherwise he was on his way to an eminent major heart attack , which would have been lights out .
He had to have a major operation and is back at work now .
On a previous visit to my gp , the nurse advise me that they offered an ECG to patients .
I made appointments and forgot to go on 2 occasions .
I went to the third appointment today and the result is that i'm ok .
You might wish to see if your GP practice offers this service , and take advantage of it .
After undergoing an ECG , his gp was worried about the results and referred him to a heart consultant .
It transpires that 2 of 3 valves which meet at a junction were totally blocked and the third was almost blocked . ( he had no symptoms )
The consultant advise him that he was extremely lucky to have visited his gp when he did , otherwise he was on his way to an eminent major heart attack , which would have been lights out .
He had to have a major operation and is back at work now .
On a previous visit to my gp , the nurse advise me that they offered an ECG to patients .
I made appointments and forgot to go on 2 occasions .
I went to the third appointment today and the result is that i'm ok .
You might wish to see if your GP practice offers this service , and take advantage of it .
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Thanks for your post. The next time I get down to the local quacks I might remember to ask them about ECGs. However I've only been there once in the last 20 years so that might be quite a long wait!
The only thing that scares me about the possibility of a heart attack is the pain which might be associated with it. Death has never scared me. (I regard it as 'nothingness' and I can't see how anyone could ever be scared of 'nothing'). If someone told me that I was about to die within the next few minutes I can honestly say that I wouldn't be bothered in the least, as long as there was no great pain associated with it. (Again, I can't understand why anyone would ever be bothered by such a thought).
So I'm certainly not rushing down to the local quacks' surgery.
The only thing that scares me about the possibility of a heart attack is the pain which might be associated with it. Death has never scared me. (I regard it as 'nothingness' and I can't see how anyone could ever be scared of 'nothing'). If someone told me that I was about to die within the next few minutes I can honestly say that I wouldn't be bothered in the least, as long as there was no great pain associated with it. (Again, I can't understand why anyone would ever be bothered by such a thought).
So I'm certainly not rushing down to the local quacks' surgery.
Berti gives good advice, but could I put this into perspective.
Assuming all the facts are t hand, it is very unusual to have 3 valves "blocked" and for the patient to be symptomless and even more uncommon for this to cause "heart attacks" Unless of course there was a misinterpretation and that in fact the valves were fine, but 3 coronary arteries were blocked, in which case it would be extremely unlikely that one would be symptom free.
Also one can have a normal ECG and die of a heart attack an hour later.
Assuming all the facts are t hand, it is very unusual to have 3 valves "blocked" and for the patient to be symptomless and even more uncommon for this to cause "heart attacks" Unless of course there was a misinterpretation and that in fact the valves were fine, but 3 coronary arteries were blocked, in which case it would be extremely unlikely that one would be symptom free.
Also one can have a normal ECG and die of a heart attack an hour later.
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