Hi went to my drs today as suspected I had high blood pressure and have being having palpatations. She gave me an echo which seemed ok, however is sending me for a chest xray, lots of blood tests and also have to wear a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours. Is this really necessary ? Wouldnt the echo have shown something if there really was a problem. I really hate doing these things unnecessarily.
Hi, If you there are a suspicion of high blood pressure, then we perform ECG, echocardiography, some obligatory blood tests to rule out other organ problems which could cause high blood pressure. We measure blood pressure at the hospital, but in the majority of cases it is not enough, and we need to know how the patients blood pressure behaves during the day, to decide out strategy of patient management. So, in my opinion your doctor does everything correctly. Take fearsome back if you have any further questions