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Can scar tissue from pericarditis cause a blockage and be the reason for my positive ischemia stress test result even though cac score from cta scan 0?

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This would be an unlikely scenario or cause for an abnormal stress test as the pericardium would have to compress a coronary artery or branch. On the other hand, you're age and CAC would make coronary blockage unlikely unless spasm or endothelial dysfunction occurred. Did you have a nuclear stress study or echo study? I vote for a nuclear study& hope a CT angiogram or catheterization won't be need

Answered 8/12/2022

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