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My 2-year-old daughter has 2 heart murmurs that are innocent. She had an EKG last week and the PA said that she was in excellent health and can be discharged from their pediatric cardiology practice. Today I got a phone call from her saying that there was a nonsignifigant finding that the voltage looks high (spikes on the EKG) and that she should have a echocardiogram next week. What does this mean?
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I’d get a second opinion. Voltage spikes, especially in children, are usually a result of the technician making an error in applying electrodes for the ekg. Personally, I’d take the child to a different cardiologist, have the ekg done correctly and see if the phenomenon repeats.
the PA is probably trying to cover his own *** for making the mistake, but he obviously did not see anything to warrant a concern because he would have not told you to wait a week. he would have taken care of it right away. asking a person to wait a week and then repeat the exam especially with a heart ailment is one of the easiest ways to get sued. i would repeat the exam regardless and good luck.