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Can you be having a heart attack if you echocardiogram looks normal?
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Yes: Echocardiogram can indirectly suggest the possibility of a heart attack, but can also be more or less normal after a small heart attack. Its primary use is not to diagnose a heart attack, but to look a things like the function of the heart muscle and the heart valves and to examine the hearts internal anatomy. Ecg and certain blood tests are the primary tests for diagnosing a heart attack.
Answered 1/1/2017
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Yes: The significant word is was! ekg and echo are good at the time and about some history but if symptomatic, new ones are needed along with exam , blood tests etc.
Answered 7/8/2013
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