As you probably know, Mayo Connect is a patient-to-patient support network. We are not medical professionals who can offer interpretations of test results nor can we provide diagnoses. As @mayoconnectuser1 suggested, these are questions for your doctor. Have you contacted him/her through the patient portal?
If you are comfortable sharing more, what symptoms were you having when you went to the ER and had the EKG?
This report is advising you that you MAY have had a heart attack ("cannot rule out anterior artifact") sometime in the past. It is an abnormal electrocardiogram. Don't get excited. They are just reporting on some differences your doctor should be aware of, and may want to look further into this.
The fact that your heart rate is in the normal range, and that both chambers report the same beats per minute (BPM) means that your heart is functioning quasi-normally...in 'normal sinus rhythm' or NSR. They cannot rule out a previous infarct (meaning a heart attack) because they either haven't measured your L-troponin from a blood assay (which, if elevated, would indicate myocyte damage, heart muscle damage), or the EKG looks otherwise abnormal. You would need an MRI to find indications of heart muscle damage/lesions.
You can google search to find online examples of graphic representations of EKGs, including abnormal ones. A few minutes on these sites will show that, while there is some variance between 'normal' EKGs, abnormal ones have distinct artefacts in timing and missing or extra electrical signals, as examples.
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What does your doctor say?
Have you looked up each category online?
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1 ReactionMy doctor hadn't got hold of me.
@shellbinkert,
As you probably know, Mayo Connect is a patient-to-patient support network. We are not medical professionals who can offer interpretations of test results nor can we provide diagnoses. As @mayoconnectuser1 suggested, these are questions for your doctor. Have you contacted him/her through the patient portal?
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1 ReactionThis report is advising you that you MAY have had a heart attack ("cannot rule out anterior artifact") sometime in the past. It is an abnormal electrocardiogram. Don't get excited. They are just reporting on some differences your doctor should be aware of, and may want to look further into this.
Yea they must not be to worried they never got hold me
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1 ReactionI believe your conclusion is the wrong conclusion.
Mistakes happen all the time - the field of medicine is no different.
I recommend you immediately contact your doctor!
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1 ReactionI did call my doctor she never called me back.
shell,
You sound passive about your healthcare.
Please find a doctor who will attend to your medical needs.
Am about ready go somewhere else , Sanford health not the best.
The fact that your heart rate is in the normal range, and that both chambers report the same beats per minute (BPM) means that your heart is functioning quasi-normally...in 'normal sinus rhythm' or NSR. They cannot rule out a previous infarct (meaning a heart attack) because they either haven't measured your L-troponin from a blood assay (which, if elevated, would indicate myocyte damage, heart muscle damage), or the EKG looks otherwise abnormal. You would need an MRI to find indications of heart muscle damage/lesions.
You can google search to find online examples of graphic representations of EKGs, including abnormal ones. A few minutes on these sites will show that, while there is some variance between 'normal' EKGs, abnormal ones have distinct artefacts in timing and missing or extra electrical signals, as examples.