Suggest treatment for a heart disease
Patient: I am 46 years old and female. I had a routine ekg today during a physical at my internist that showed changes on my ekg from the one done 2 years ago.  She said it was nothing major, only minor changes in the conduction at the septum.  I am going back for a nuclear stress test tomorrow.  I am petrified and prone to severe anxiety anyway.  What are they looking for?  Clogged arteries, heart disease?  I also have a congenital heart defect (PFO) but no problems.  Please explain what you think it may be Doctor: HelloChanges in the ecg can either be due to structural heart defeCT or due to reduced blood supply to myocardium. As you said your previous ecg was normal so that suggestive of ischaemic changes. As you are going for a stress test it will clear all the doubts. Yes they are trying to look for any possibility of clogged arteries.Wish you Good Health