LAST EDITED ON Jul-01-12 AT 03:14AM (MST)[p]This is something that you should ask your MD, not the MM forum.
I get it, your at the doctors appointment, nothing was explained to you, your uncormfortable, your in a gown, strangers hooking EKG machines up to your chest, blood work.... and in your rush to just get the hell out of there, you forget to ask " what does that mean? What could this mean? What are the treatments? What is a legit prognosis?"
Its YOUR health, he/she is your doctor, you are paying for answers, you may as well get some. My MD is on call 24 hours a day...him or whoever is covering for him!
I work with Radiologist- not usually an Ordering Physician- but with how communication goes in the health care system, I know that an outpatient x-ray is read with in 2 hours, and a cardiologist will look at a stress test within 10 minutes, for initial results-it may not be read for a few hours----- now the ordering MD may not look up the results for 3 days...its legal for you to come in to our office and get a copy of the findings, if the ordering MD hasn't contacted you. Call the place you had the exam, ask if result are available for you to come in and pick up.
My point: BE PRO-ACTIVE in your care, don't wait for results. If you have a question ask it then and there in the office. If the office refers you back to an ordering MD ask how long til those results will be available to them, and then call half an hour before they tell you.(It'll take you that long on hold!)
They (we) have NO (personal) interest in your healthcare- they get paid to act like they do. All we care about is doing the exam as fast and as good as possible. We've got 30 others behind you pissed off cause they had to wait for you...
Anyway-
We do many Cardioversions a week; here is a link that you may ask your MD about.
http://www.stopafib.org/electrical.cfm
Good luck-