I have diabetes, asthma, hypothyroid. My father had heart problems. I was having chest pressure that was not getting better with pain that I thought might be pleurisy. I went to the doctor and they gave me meloxicam which seems to have helped quite a bit. They sent me to a cardiologist just to make sure nothing was wrong with my heart since I am diabetic. I saw the cardiologist and from everything I told him he does not feel it is my heart. He wants me to have a echocardiogram and a stress echocardiogram to make sure everything is okay. Does this really need to be done at this point?
Hiwith diabetes, asthma, hypothyroidism, positive family history of heart problem & chest pressure symptoms it is better to get evaluated totally accordingly as suggested by your cardiologist.the slightest doubt in the ECG in your status is also an indication, especially being diabetic. You can go for an echocardiogram, thread mill test, or stress echocardiogram, if these are all uneventful, with no positive signs, then not to worry. Requirement of an angiogram will be decided by the cardiologist based on these tests. All the best take care