" abnormal movement left ventricle" confused\scared, please explain best/worst scenario?

Question:

Went in for sore throat, doc ran ekg, then ordered nuke stress test, found 'abnormal movement in left ventricle' then sent for echo's which confirmed findings. But thats about all I get out of family doctor. Can somebody please explain the best and the worst possibilities. I am being sent to an 'invasive cardiologist' what are my chances for simple drug therapy verses surgery? And is this type of problem progressive or can it be managed with drug therapy to a ripe old age? Im only 45 and had an angiogram in 92 which was negitive for any heart problems.

Answers:
Ok, I can't give you an answer that's going to satisfy you with the information available here, but I can say a few things. First off, you do deserve to have your questions answered, and if you GP is unable to do so, then the best thing to do is find someone who is, and the invasive cardiologist to which you're being referred sounds like a pretty good prospect for finding answers.
Invasive cardiologists, by the way, are cardiologists who specialize in angiography, so instead of spending most of their time getting people on the best drugs available for their heart condition, they're in the catheterization lab mapping and opening clogged arteries and putting stents in.
Without knowing more about just what sort of abnormal motion they saw, it's impossible to say what the best treatment is, whether it's surgery, angiography, or medical treatment.
All I can tell you to take a step back, take a deep breath, and try to relax a bit (I know this is impossible, but that doesn't mean it's not a good idea ^_^). Sometimes we don't have all of the information and expertise on hand, so see your cardiologist and ask him what's going on and what may need to be done, often it's impossible to know everything starting out, but they can give you a better idea than anyone here reading this paragraph will be able to. It has been my experience though that things are always the most frightening when the least information is available, at least when more is known the shape of the problem will be clearer and there will be something to grab onto and deal with, until then, just hang on...

Well, what did the DOCTOR, the one with the DEGREE, tell you?

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