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Saturday, July 11, 2009 sam asks

Q: Recently, I was diagnosed to have a weak heart and needs to undergo an angiogram.

Medical findings says about my left ventricular hypertrophy with hypokinesia, mild mitral and tricuspid regurgitations, 55% ejection fraction.. needs to study further my heart problem thru an angiogram. Is this a painful procedure?

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7/11/09 3:56pm

Hi Sam,

 

Here is a link to information on the angiogram procedure:

 

http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/133.html

 

All the best,

Lisa Nelson RD

Be Heart Healthy and Lose Weight

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