What are the side effects of cardiac CT examination?

In daily life, we often hear many elderly friends complain about their bad heart. They will be out of breath even when climbing stairs. At the same time, their heart beats very fast. In serious cases, they will also have difficulty breathing. Therefore, many elderly friends will do some heart CT examinations, so what are the side effects of heart CT examinations? Regarding this issue, please discuss it with me in the next period of time.

1. This examination costs 1,900 yuan in a provincial hospital in our provincial city, so the price in Shanghai will not be less than this. You need to go to the hospital cashier to inquire for the specific details.

2. This examination does not cause any serious damage to the heart and can be ignored, but it does cause radiation to the human body. You will not feel any discomfort after the operation.

3. It’s about the contrast agent you mentioned. A very small number of people are allergic to the contrast agent used during the examination, so an iodine allergy test will be done before the examination.

4. As long as you request it and you are a self-paying patient, the doctor will definitely agree to do it for you. It's a very normal thing, so you don't have to worry about it. There's no need to worry about being laughed at by the doctor or anything like that. But if you are hospitalized and have medical insurance, the doctor will have to consider your specific situation, because this involves the issue of medical insurance reimbursement. If you do not meet the requirements for thrombus examination, medical insurance will refuse to pay, so the doctor may not do it for you.

5. If you have had myocarditis and want to see the extent of myocardial damage, then there is no need to do this test, because this test is to check the blood vessels that supply your heart, that is, the patency or stenosis of the coronary arteries, and whether there are plaques or the like. The diagnosis, condition and prognosis of myocarditis require repeated myocardial biopsies, but the detection rate is low and there is damage, so this is generally not performed clinically.

Finally, there is absolutely no need for you to understand the myocardial damage after myocarditis. Most patients can be cured clinically.

The above paragraphs introduce the side effects of cardiac CT examinations in detail. I sincerely hope that friends who have questions in this regard can read the above content carefully, so that they can pay more attention and be more vigilant when doing cardiac CT examinations in daily life. This will allow you to always stay in a relatively healthy state and live a more positive life.