http://www.angirx.com/blog/heart-disease-by-age/
heart disease by age
Heart disease can be detected by listening to the heart?
I am 17 and I had chest pains on the left side for a while and recently went to an electrocardiogram. My doctor told me the EKG was normal so referred me to a pediatric cardiologist who told me that the EKG was normal. He listened to my heart and said everything sounded good but did not know what would be the cause of chest pains on the left side. My father died of an attack heart in 2005 at age 45 and had a prolapsed heart valve. The doctor said I had heart disease [running on its side of the family] and said if I saw my dad when I was 15 years, which could have been better controlled because that was when I took my father began to have to build. My dad was not overweight, I'm not fat, but heart problems run on both sides of my family. Just wondering if I need an echo cardiogram or if the cardiologist was able to say, listening and reading EKG? Also, if I have heart disease now have to wait many years before going to do a test?
In the light of the current facility on the availability of tests such as echocardiograms and the fact that they are totally non-intrusive, would have been reasonable to perform a now.