mycardial perfusion

[Lamiza]

Hi,

I had a repeat angiography today to hopefully have a second stent put in, unfortunately the consultant was unable to put a stent as it was too blocked and would prevent me having a by pass in the future, I am 40 years old and she said that Is really young to have a bypass so has referred me to harefield hospital to have a mycardial perfusion scan, has anyone else had this?

[scentedgardener]

I had a stress myocardial oerfusion scan and a rest one on 23rd & 20th August 2023.The stress one is a bit uncomfortable, but literally for only 2 minutes, and they are with you, reassuring you, all the way through.

All the waiting and hanging about is pretty boring. Two things I found difficult, during the stress test having an ECG and my BP monitored all through it they kept encouraging me to hold a conversation with them, I'm so used to not saying anything during both I struggled, and the other was the scan takes 18 minutes, the scanner bed is not padded, and they did their thing of propping my legs up. They didn't ask me, just did it, I naively thought it was something required for the test. They disappeared off behind a screen where they appeared to be having a lovely time, much laughing and other people popping in, I had an (unwanted) radio blaring in my left ear, and the noise level overall was a nuisance.

I have a severe problem with my lumbar spine, so when it was over I couidn't walk for several minutes.

I do find that all the scanner operators want to prop your legs up, without checking if this gives you a problem, so now I refuse.

The rest test doesn't need you to be there quite as long, the scan takes the same time, I took a flattish pillow with me the second time and lay on that.

It's nothing to be apprehensive about, or at least I didn't find it so, and it should give them a lot of information.

Take someone with you, or a good book, there is a lot of waiting

[fishonabike]

There are a number of previous posts on myocardial perfusion investigations here- you can find them by typing Myocardial Perfusion into the search option at the top of the page