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Stent Pain
- By SteveFlorida · New reply 3:56 pm
- In Experiences with medical treatments · 2 replies
- http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:FKu nunr8RIYJ:www.scielo.br/scielo.php%3Fpid %3DS0102-76382003000400002%26script%3Dsc i_arttext+inflammation+from+coronary+ste nt&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us The above ...
can 2 stents put in LAD at the same time
- By srimal · New reply 11:16 am
- In Experiences with healthcare professionals · 13 replies
- My father got was having a chest pain and he did the Angiography where report says tht LAD had 90 % , other 2 had 80% blockages.. Doctor put 2 stents in the LAD overlapping (without our Consent while ...
What You Should Know About C-Reactive Protein
- By Ecksunbeam · Posted 9:55 am
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 0 replies
- Heart Health Special Report What You Should Know About C-Reactive Protein One of the key markers for measuring heart attack risk has been elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ...
Anybody Else "Fake It?"
- By DebBar · New reply 8:55 am
- In Emotional and psychological issues · 12 replies
- 99% of us here have some sort of heart problem. We've gone through (or going through) a life changing ordeal with surgeries, medications, and countless other things. Wonderful people like family & friends ...
My New Cholesterol Levels! WOW!
- By terodac · New reply 8:51 am
- In My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 21 replies
- Been fighting taking this stupid Crestor, got it down to 5mg every other day. Changed my diet! Oatmeal every morning! No pig meat, no fast foods, and red meat once a week! Total Cholesterol 151 HDL 35 ...
Heart Rate
- By shortcake · New reply 1:06 am
- In My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 5 replies
- My heart rate has always been high. around 80 or 90 even at resting. I am on 50 mg of atenolol. lately my heart rate has dropped in the evenings to 52 for a resting heart rate. I feel really strange ...
Niacin Tops Zetia in Cutting Artery Plaque
- By Ecksunbeam · New reply yesterday at 5:07 pm
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 4 replies
- Niacin Slows Plaque Buildup The new study, funded by Abbott, the maker of Niaspan, involved 363 people who had heart disease or were at high risk of heart disease. All the patients were on statin drugs ...
Reopening of CABG Sternal Incision
- By C-cat · New reply yesterday at 2:45 pm
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 11 replies
- It is over a year since my original CABGx4. The incision site still leaks at the base and "proud flesh" keeps filling it, but not healing it. I just saw the plastic surgeon. They want to reopen the incision ...
Anybody else sick of doctors telling you to "stop overreacting"???
- By RedneckMama · New reply yesterday at 8:06 am
- In Experiences with healthcare professionals · 9 replies
- Having been through this myself and reading TONS of biographies of other women with PPCM or any type of heart disease...I have noticed that if our doctors had listened the first time when we said "something's ...
Prasugrel
- By DonnaP · New reply yesterday at 6:47 am
- In Experiences with prescription medicines · 6 replies
- I had an angioplasty last (no stent), a little over a year from my last stenting. My doctor believes that Plavix is not working for me and has prescribed a new blood thinner Prasugel. Becuase it is new ...
Abscess. Incision Problems & Osteomyelitis
- By C-cat · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Experiences with medical treatments · 11 replies
- Has anyone had problems with a CABG incision not completely healing? I had a CABG4 in October, 2008, and the base of my sternum incision has not closed. I have to pack it twice daily and pus is still ...
Hair Loss with Simvastatin & Toprol XL
- By kermit09 · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Experiences with prescription medicines · 7 replies
- Hi all! I am so glad to have come across this site. In the past 10 months I've started taking Toprol XL (50 mg) for heart palpitation and Simvastatin (20 mg) to manage my cholesterol. Since, I've notice ...
functional gains follow correction of iron deficiency in heart failure
- By martzj · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Experiences with medical treatments · 6 replies
- FAIR-HF: Symptom improvement, functional gains follow correction of iron deficiency in heart failure November 17, 2009 | Steve Stiles Orlando, FL - Patients with systolic heart failure and iron deficiency ...
Statins do not eliminate risk of low HDL-cholesterol levels
- By martzj · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 1 reply
- Statins do not eliminate risk of low HDL-cholesterol levels November 17, 2009 | Michael O'Riordan Orlando, FL - Low levels of HDL cholesterol, even among statin-treated patients, are associated with a ...
Streisand & Dr. Noel Bairy-Merz on The Doctors
- By martzj · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 18 replies
- Cool! I never watch this ABC show, The Doctors....but just came across it the moment Dr. Bairy-Merz was talking about female vs male heart attacks. Barbra Streisand called to join in the conversation ...
Gratitude creates prosperity....I think
- By kardia · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 7 replies
- I love this topic for April, and I am late also...or maybe not April 1st is this week. Recently I read a comparison of two charts that I now incorporate visually in meditation. They can be found in the ...
your symptoms of heart attack
- By shortcake · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 4 replies
- I was just wondering for those who have had a heart attack what were your symtoms and did you notice things different leading up to your heart attack> I have had some different symtoms lately and wondered ...
Heart patients lacking vitamin D more likely to be depressed
- By IngridK · Posted November 18, 2009
- In Experiences with medical treatments · 0 replies
- http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/16/moh .healthmag.vitamind.heart.depression/ STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Heart patients with lack of vitamin D in diet more likely to be depressed, study finds * Depression also ...
IBS
- By shortcake · New reply November 18, 2009
- In Emotional and psychological issues · 7 replies
- I was wondering if anyone else has issues with IBS? The doctor just put me on miralax and it is given me really bad stomach pain. I was prescribed bentyl but I am afraid to take it. It has so many side ...
ARB/ACE-inhibitor combo not recommended in CHF
- By martzj · New reply November 17, 2009
- In Experiences with prescription medicines · 2 replies
- ARB/ACE-inhibitor combo not recommended in CHF September 8, 2009 | Lisa Nainggolan Download slides Barcelona, Spain - The combination of angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) and ACE inhibitors should ...
