<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.i m supposed to get echocardiograms every 2 years bc of a heart condition that runs in my family IHSS. It s been 3 years since my last one those results were normal and I made an appt. for one in 2 weeks. I ve been having some chest pains and I m generally worried about my heart and don t want to wait 2 weeks for the test. Can I go to an emergency room or urgent care to have one done right away?  <response>: Hi, Welcome, this is Chat Doctor. IHSS do follow a hereditary pattern and we advise such patients to be in regular follow up do some tests. If your earlier tests have been fine, than it does not rule out possibility of having a heart issue in the future. If you are having chest pain, Ill recommend you to go to the Emergency at least do an ECG to see if anything is wrong. For your knowledge, cardiac pain is non localized i.e. it is diffused increase on exertion with exercise like walking, running or stress it is generally not relieved by traditional painkillers. So yes, get yourself evaluated soon.In the future, despite having a simple echocardiogram, Ill advice you for a stress echo, which helps better in predicting chances of future cardiac events. ThanksTake care 