can an ekg detect a blood clot
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Do EKG's see a blood clot in the heart? Report Abuse. No, EKG's detect heart rythm, but if there is a clot it COULD detect the abnormal heart rythm, but not always. To detect a clot...doctors can do and echo cardiogram, coronary CT angiogram, a nuclear stress test, or catherization. I have worked in Cardiology for 5 years.
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Blood Clots You may be sent for one or more of the following tests: 1  Venous ultrasound: This test is usually the first step for confirming a venous blood clot. Sound waves are used to create a view of your veins. 2  Chest CT scan: If your doctor suspects you have a pulmonary embolism, you may undergo a CT scan.
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""" Will a leg venous doppler spot blood clots? """ Will a leg venous doppler spot blood clots? I take birth control pills and I started feeling pain in my leg. Will this doppler tell me if I have any blood clots? While no test is 100% accurate, an ultrasound with Doppler imaging of your leg vessels will likely show whether or not you have a blood clot. While feeling a pain in your leg can be caused by many different problems, since you are on birth control, ruling out a blood clot is never a bad idea. The ultrasound with Doppler on your legs is a non-invasive test that uses no radiation. A blood clot in your leg can be dangerous if it decides to dislodge and go to your lungs. When this happens, we call it a pulmonary embolism which can be quite dangerous or even deadly. If no clot is found, but your doctor is still concerned about a clot, you can get a blood test for the d-dimer.
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- Your doctor may recommend these tests if he or she thinks you have a disorder or disease related to blood clotting. Blood clotting tests also are used to monitor people who are taking medicines to lower the risk of blood clots. Warfarin and heparin are two examples of such medicines.
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Blood Clots 1 A blood clot in a deep vein of the leg, pelvis, and sometimes arm, is called deep vein thrombosis (DVT). 2  This type of blood clot does not cause heart attack or stroke.ow a clot affects the body depends on the type and location of the clot: 1  A blood clot in a deep vein of the leg, pelvis, and sometimes arm, is called deep vein thrombosis (DVT). 2  A blood clot in an artery, usually in the heart or brain, is called arterial thrombosis.
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Platelet Aggregation Test A platelet aggregation test checks how well your platelets clump together. Platelets are types of blood cells. They help form blood clots by sticking together. A clot is what stops the bleeding when you have a wound. Without platelets, you could bleed to death. A platelet aggregation test requires a blood sample. The sample will be examined to see how the platelets are distributed through the plasma. Plasma is the liquid part of the blood. A lab technician will add certain chemicals to your blood sample to test how quickly your platelets form a clot.
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Facts DVT does not cause heart attack or stroke. There are two main types of blood clots. How a clot affects the body depends on the type and location of the clot: A blood clot in a deep vein of the leg, pelvis, and sometimes arm, is called deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This type of blood clot does not cause heart attack or stroke. A blood clot in an artery, usually in the heart or brain, is called arterial thrombosis. This type of blood clot can cause heart attack or stroke.
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- Your health care may order a D-dimer test if you are showing symptoms of blood clots, such as: Swelling, pain, warmth, and changes in skin color of your leg. Sharp chest pain, trouble breathing, coughing up blood, and fast heart beat.
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Atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) Your doctor will diagnose a heart attack based on your signs and symptoms, your medical and family histories, and test results. Diagnostic Tests EKG (Electrocardiogram) An EKG is a simple, painless test that detects and records the heart's electrical activity. The test shows how fast the heart is beating and its rhythm (steady or irregular).
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Performing single ultrasound to detect blood clot may be sufficient for some patients An analysis of previous studies suggests that for patients with a suspected blood clot in a deep vein of a leg, withholding anticoagulation therapy after a negative whole-leg compression ultrasound is associated with a low ...
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- If you have an elevated d-Dimer test reult, that does not mean that you have a blood clot; rather an elevated d-Dimer result means that additional testing may be needed to see if a blood clot exists. If you would like to know more detail about the d-Dimer test, read on...
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Pacemaker EKG (Electrocardiogram) An EKG is a simple, painless test that detects and records the heart's electrical activity. The test shows how fast your heart is beating and its rhythm (steady or irregular). An EKG also records the strength and timing of electrical signals as they pass through your heart. The test can help diagnose bradycardia and heart block (the most common reasons for needing a pacemaker).
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Blood Tests for Heart Disease However, fluctuations in troponin levels as diagnosed in a series of blood tests done over several hours is a tell-tale sign that the patient has had a heart attack or some other damage to the heart.he presence of troponin is the most accurate indicator that a heart attack has occurred because it is a heart-specific protein. When a piece of heart muscle dies, the cell breaks open and releases its contents in the bloodstream, including troponin.
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Can heart blockages be detected with ecg? A negative (normal) treadmill stress test (ECG with exercise) is a better (but not definitive) test to suggest that the person does not have a blockage. So - the answer is yes, there are changes on some ECG's that are highly suggestive of blockages, but the definitive test is the cardiac cath.
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How To Talk to Your Doctor about a Possible Blood Clot A Doppler ultrasound test uses reflected sound waves to see how blood flows through a blood vessel. It helps doctors evaluate blood flow through major arteries and veins, such as those of the arms, legs, and neck.
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MRI of the Blood Vessels (MRA) A MRA can also detect injury to arteries in the neck, chest, abdomen, or pelvis after trauma and evaluate obstructions of the vessels. A MRI of the blood vessels can help your physician identify bleeding in or along the wall of the aorta.
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If I have good EKG results, doest that mean that my heart is... It doesn't reveal blood flow through the chambers of the heart, nor through the cardiac arteries (they actually supply blood to the heart muscles themselves). So an EKG is only a certain indicator of some kinds of heart disease, or previous heart disease.
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How are blood clots diagnosed? The area of clot or obstruction can thus be visualized. Sometimes, a blood test is used to screen for blood clots. D-Dimer is a breakdown product of a blood clot, and its levels in the bloodstream may be measured. It is used as a screening test with hopes that the result will be negative and show that there is no need to look further for blood clots.
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INR Tests INR Levels. The lower the INR number, the shorter it takes for blood to clot and the greater risk you have for blood clots. The higher the INR number, the longer it takes for blood to clot and the greater risk you have of bleeding. Most healthy people will have an INR of 0.9 - 1.3.
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- I think your doctor is a moron. Try to find a new one asap. You don't rule out blood clots via a blood test. You need a different test, like a contrast test or something. That could be a side effect of birth control pills--blood clots. A person is never too young for heart problems, either.
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Blood Clotting Tests The platelets become sticky and clump next to patches of fatty material (atheroma) in blood vessels and activate the clotting cascade. Sluggish blood flow can make the blood clot more readily than usual. This is a factor in deep vein thrombosis (DVT) which is a blood clot that sometimes forms in a leg vein.
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- A physician would want to be sure that a clot did. not develop from the heart or a large blood vessel and. travel to the arm or leg (an embolus) • The doctor would also want to be certain there had been. no blood vessel injury or trauma, no local lesions such. as a blood vessel cyst, no autoimmune diseases such as.
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- In a healthy individual, troponin is not detectable in the blood. Increased levels of troponin indicate damage to the heart; as a general rule, the bigger the increase, the more damage has been done. If the results show a large increase in troponin levels, it is very likely that the patient has had a heart attack.
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What Is Angina? Your doctor will diagnose a heart attack based on your signs and symptoms, your medical and family histories, and test results. An EKG is a simple, painless test that detects and records the heart's electrical activity. The test shows how fast the heart is beating and its rhythm (steady or irregular). An EKG also records the strength and timing of electrical signals as they pass through each part of the heart. An EKG can show signs of heart damage due to coronary heart disease (CHD) and signs of a previous or current heart attack.
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- TEE also can show blood clots that may have caused a stroke or that may affect treatment for atrial fibrillation, a type of arrhythmia. Doctors also may use TEE during cardiac catheterization. TEE can help doctors guide the catheter (thin, flexible tube) through the blood vessels.