Hello. I'm a 34 yr. old female who for some time now has been having alot of chest pains. My Dr. finally sent me for a nuclear stress test w/ treadmill and the results showed minor Ischeymia (sp?) Suspicious of the results he sent me for another (he said more detailed test), a echo stress cardiogram w/ treadmill, that test showed no problems at all. Many Health professional told me that the nuclear test results can be skewed by breast tissue in women. Anyhow, I continue to have chest pains. I have been taking Effexor for anxiety and was taking Protinix for Reflux. The Protonix did nothing so i no longer take it. Has anyone else had conflicting test results? I now have one positive test result & one negative. I'm not sure which one is accurate.

This has been going on for 3 years now. I'm tired of feeling so crappy.

Thank you for your input.

Hello. I'm a 34 yr. old female who for some time now has been having alot of chest pains. My Dr. finally sent me for a nuclear stress test w/ treadmill and the results showed minor Ischeymia (sp?) Suspicious of the results he sent me for another (he said more detailed test), a echo stress cardiogram w/ treadmill, that test showed no problems at all.

I was 35 when I had my MI and first stress test, which showed two areas of ischemia. They did an angiogram the next day and found that the same two areas of heart tissue that showed up in the images were indeed due to blockages in my coronary arteries. I am guessing that in your case, as was mine, the ischemia was present in the images after exercise and injection with cardiolite (the technicium tracer)?

Zip2play had an experience where his stress tests did not reveal any ischemia, yet he continued to experience symptoms of angina. He eventually was able to get an angiogram and there was blockage. He can give you more details.

I am not sure about the accuracy of an echo stress test compared to using radionuclides for imaging. The best that I can tell you is that if your symptoms of disomfort persist, certainly request a follow up. If you have any family history of CAD, hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidemia, then that does leave you at a higher risk, and certainly warrants extra attention be taken in your case.