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My ekg showed scarring around the heart . i've since made an appointment with the cardio. what is this scarring and will it heal.
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Scaring?: Ekg is not very good test to determining scaring of the heart. You need other tests to verify and validate this claim. Best luck!
Answered 3/16/2014
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Can't Say...: There's no such thing as "scarring" seen on an ecg. The closest i can figure is that it shows 1) prior heart attack (in which case, unlikely to heal, if you did in fact have a prior heart attack) or 2) inflammation of the heart (myopericarditis) in which case it can often get better. Sorry to be nonspecific, but that's the necessary nature of a free website like this :\.
Answered 3/26/2013
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