A 53-year-old member asked:
What is anteroseptal wall ischemia?
1 doctor answer
Dr. Mark Rasak answered
32 years experience in Cardiology
Idirect evidence: Stress tests using a nuclear tracer may show a defect on the scan if a blockage is present. An anteroseptal defect is one that implicates the left anterior descending artery. Stress tests are a screening test and can have a 15% false positive rate.
Answered on Mar 17, 2020
2
2 thanks
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
Related questions:
A 53-year-old male asked:
Dr. Daniel Zanger answered
32 years experience in Cardiology
Ischemia: This is usually used to describe results of a stress test which means that with certain provocation (exercise or chemical) you have ischemia ( lack o ... Read More
4
4 thanks
A 65-year-old female asked:
Dr. Gopinath Upamaka answered
38 years experience in Cardiology
See a cardiologist: While not alarmingly so, this is an abnormal stress perfusion study, which might indicate coronary artery disease. Please see a cardiologist.
A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moe Zafarani answered
10 years experience in Cardiology
Not good: You need a close follow up with a cardiologist for the rest of your life, if you smoke, try to quit ASAP
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stanley Berger answered
32 years experience in Cardiology
Not necessarily: You need confirmatory testing for this abnormal finding. A high grade blockage in a heart artery could cause this even if you have not had a heart at ... Read More
2
2 thanks
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
People also searched for:
Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!
Unlimited visits
$10/month