Well, crap. (Update)

[NNadir]

48. It's a real problem. Before I understood what was going on, I was hospitalized twice.

Then there was the angiogram. Thirty years ago this was not a trivial matter.

Hopefully this has not been the case for your husband.

I have tended to be dismissive of heart concerns by physicians since.

Apparently the "wait and see" problem I face currently is unrelated to the EKG, although, as things developed, I don't have incredible confidence in the group doing the workup and will do the follow up with another institution.

They actually scared the crap out of me for no good reason. The concern is justified but nowhere near as serious as I was led to believe at first. There were too many mixed signals, some involved with people obviously who had not looked at my chart before meeting me to discuss the concern.

Happily I have full access to the scientific literature and I was able to figure out what's going on for myself.