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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_017A_01BF6680.ECD089C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just got tested today. Negative for PFO, and all other shunts/defects = in the heart and lungs. The technician wondered why I was getting the test done. I explained to = her. She new nothing about diving, but provided me with little more = information on shunts and whatnot. The tests were performed with a 2D-ECG. A normal ECG won't allow for a = proper examination. She said that she cannot see a PFO persay, but it = would manifest itself in the form of a PDA (whatever that is) with = "shunting blood". She didn't believe that PFO was evident in as much as = 1/3 to 1/4 of the population. She said that from here experience, it = usually showed up in infants born prematurely. Even in those cases, the = PFO sometimes grows over. She also said that there were other shunts in the lungs and heart = besides PFO that could allow venous blood to get to the arterial side. = She was able to check for these as well with the same machine. The procedure is completely unobtrusive - kinda like an ultasound. It = is actually kind of pleasant when you have a hot blond administering the = test ;-) Anyway, in Ontario some doctors will let it slip by so OHIP pays for it. = Others won't, and in that case it costs ~$150. =20 steve ------=_NextPart_000_017A_01BF6680.ECD089C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I just got tested today. Negative = for PFO,=20 and all other shunts/defects in the heart and lungs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The technician wondered why I was = getting the test=20 done. I explained to her. She new nothing about diving, but = provided=20 me with little more information on shunts and whatnot.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The tests were performed with a = 2D-ECG. A=20 normal ECG won't allow for a proper examination. She said that she = cannot=20 see a PFO persay, but it would manifest itself in the form of a PDA = (whatever=20 that is) with "shunting blood". She didn't believe that PFO was = evident in=20 as much as 1/3 to 1/4 of the population. She said that from here=20 experience, it usually showed up in infants born prematurely. Even = in=20 those cases, the PFO sometimes grows over.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>She also said that there were other = shunts in the=20 lungs and heart besides PFO that could allow venous blood to get to the = arterial=20 side. She was able to check for these as well with the same=20 machine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The procedure is completely unobtrusive = - kinda=20 like an ultasound. It is actually kind of pleasant when you have a = hot=20 blond administering the test ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anyway, in Ontario some doctors will = let it slip by=20 so OHIP pays for it. Others won't, and in that case it costs = ~$150. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>steve</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_017A_01BF6680.ECD089C0-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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