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@barbjowilliams

Hi Jacob,
You need to ask your doctor about ordering a CTA Heart (it gives a picture of your heart in detail. I kept knocking on doctor doors until somebody listened to me. I went to a cardiologist concerning my afib and he ordered a Nuclear Med scan and called me regarding the " normal results"-per cardiologist, I asked for a CTA Heart scan and he stated that I didn't need one. He said to f/u with him in a year, I had a brain stem stroke exactly 2 weeks later.

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I haven't asked for one yet, although, I have had a MRI and MRA of the brain and cervical spine. For my heart, I've had a stress test, holter monitor, echo, and some others. I haven't had a CTA of the heart, although, I did have a scan of the entire chest a while ago, which I believe did see the heart.