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Milton, DE

I had an Echo test, MUGA and EKG, all said 30-35 EF#. My stress test shows 59 EF. How can the EF be that far off?

March 22, 2021
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A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

I have heard and read that stress testing is not a good way to determine heart failure parameters and things like ejection fraction. If you want an eye-opening book that explains why that is read Beat the Heart Attack Gene by dr. Bradley Bale and Amy Doneen. The Echo is really the test to compute EF

April 2, 2021
A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

I always upset when my Muga scan came back low. I had so many of those. But the girl doing the scan was so nice to me. Tee tests were so hard! They keep me awake. I was in a zone of somewhere. But they keep saying to me it's almost over. My heart is so with you. God bless you so much 🙏❤️

April 22, 2021
A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

Thank you everyone 😍for all the information.

July 15, 2021
A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

I just had my 2nd Muga. have had 3 echos, all read EF 30-35. My 2 stress test said over 50. This past Oct he said I would probably need another defib put in. Instead he has me wearing an external one for 😲at least 3 months,

July 13, 2021
A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

My dr finally said that, He ordered another Muga scan.

July 13, 2021

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