Testing

<p>As for the question of checking blood volume and blood flows. Mayo Clinic in AZ does this too. They lay you on a table with pressure cuffs at your ankles and thighs. They measure the pressure and size of your legs while lying before any exercise. Then they tilt you up and measure them again - both pressure and size. And then you walk really fast on a treadmill and they measure again. They can tell by the measurements and pressures what your blood is doing in your legs. There is one doc there that is one of his many specialties. I was positive for blood pooling. There is another test that some docs do that is more invasive to check for blood volume. This one seemed to work fine and gave us the info we needed.&nbsp;<br />

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An echocardiogram is how they look at the heart. They can also do a nuclear stress test and look at the heart before and after exercise.</p>