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Posted 11/14/2005 5:05 PM (GMT -6)
Hi..I'm new..My name is Pat and my EKG says I have flipped t waves in leads 2,3, AVL, AVF, V1 through V6....May I please ask what the h--- that means?

Post Edited By Moderator (Admin) : 11/15/2005 9:28:47 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 11/15/2005 10:29 AM (GMT -6)
Just added a subject to your post :)
Posted 11/16/2005 6:25 PM (GMT -6)
Hi Pattymike and welcome.  Don't know anything about the ekg's but hopefully someone will be along that does.  I just wanted to welcome you!  :-)
Posted 11/17/2005 9:34 AM (GMT -6)
Nice to meet you, Patoola, and thank you for the warm welcome.  Well, I guess those flipped things aren't going away so it looks like I can be patient and wait for an answer.  I s'pose I could go to the Dr. again but Dr's answers are very sketchy and I would like an understandable explanation.

Thanks, again

Pat tongue

Posted 11/17/2005 11:57 AM (GMT -6)
Oh yes, Doctors can be frustrating to pull understandable explainations out of them!!!  One thing I've learned but am still not very good at is that I have to be assertive when going to the doc!  The best way I can do that is to make a list of my questions and it helps have a board like this that increases our knowledge of our health issues.  Even so tho, sometimes I "brain freeze" in the doc's office and can't even remember to check the list if I wrote one!  Then I get mad at myself when I get home and remember all the stuff I wanted to ask!  LOL  EKG's are very hard for us patients to read or understand so you may need to ask your doc to explain what the flipped t wave means.  If you call the office the nurse may even be able to explain it to you over the phone if the doctor isn't available.  Hugs, Pat
Posted 12/26/2005 5:48 PM (GMT -6)
I looked up the history and the technology in the book stores and the web, but still having trouble getting an exact fix on how depedable this old ecg/ekg technology really is. Seems doctors have a great deal of confidnece in them, though. I would still like to hear several professionals opinions, and counter-opinions(accademic) of the strengths and weaknesses of this technology. I searched for weaknesses on Pub Med and found some suggestions that subcutaneous fat, isotropic muscle(scar tissue?), lungs, and even slight missplacement of these V-probes can cause problems or errors, but I'm not so sure how common or reliable the research was. Still searching and still learning...slowly.
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