I can appreciate your frustration. Any one would know that there is something causing these symptoms and indeed you are not fine.
From my experience as a critical care nurse, the blood tests done in the ER included cardiac enzyme studies.
Cardiac enzyme studies measure the levels of enzymes and proteins that are linked with injury of the heart muscle. Low levels of these enzymes and proteins are normally found in your blood, but if your heart muscle is injured, such as from a heart attack, the enzymes and proteins leak out of damaged heart muscle cells, and their levels in the bloodstream rise.
I am guessing a CT coronary angiography was done in the ER. This test is the most accurate and effective noninvasive imaging test for evaluating patients presenting with chest pain.
If it is any consolation, all the right tests were done. However, your symptoms may not be cardiac in nature.
You may be a candidate for a gastrointestinal workup, including an upper endoscopy. GERD or gastroesophageal reflux disease can cause chest pain.
Chest pain stemming from GERD may affect your upper body in some cases, but is most often centered either behind your sternum, or just underneath it in a region known as the epigastrium.
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Hello Katprack,
I can appreciate your frustration. Any one would know that there is something causing these symptoms and indeed you are not fine.
From my experience as a critical care nurse, the blood tests done in the ER included cardiac enzyme studies.
Cardiac enzyme studies measure the levels of enzymes and proteins that are linked with injury of the heart muscle. Low levels of these enzymes and proteins are normally found in your blood, but if your heart muscle is injured, such as from a heart attack, the enzymes and proteins leak out of damaged heart muscle cells, and their levels in the bloodstream rise.
I am guessing a CT coronary angiography was done in the ER. This test is the most accurate and effective noninvasive imaging test for evaluating patients presenting with chest pain.
If it is any consolation, all the right tests were done. However, your symptoms may not be cardiac in nature.
You may be a candidate for a gastrointestinal workup, including an upper endoscopy. GERD or gastroesophageal reflux disease can cause chest pain.
Chest pain stemming from GERD may affect your upper body in some cases, but is most often centered either behind your sternum, or just underneath it in a region known as the epigastrium.
Hope this offers some help,
July 15, 2015 - 8:36amMaryann
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