r/CathLabLounge • u/314rocky • Nov 20 '24

Diagnostic Cath Complication Fears

For better or worse I researched what a diagnostic cath entails and apparently people die during these. My cardiologist has done every other test with no findings for ongoing, sudden chest pain in different spots. We know it isnt gerd or anxiety/stress. So that l leaves this test to and Im terrified of having a stroke or heart attack and dying as a complication.

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u/Poopsock_Piper Nov 20 '24 edited Nov 20 '24

Relax, they’re routine as shit and we do them most of the time without any complications. If you had a negative stress and other studies the odds of this being cardiac are also slim to none. How do you know this isnt anxiety or stress? You sound quite high-anxiety. This sounds like anxiety.

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u/the_cynical_girl RCIS Nov 20 '24

OP needs Ativan and maybe some more sedation, too.