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My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms
Discuss your diagnosis and the symptoms that led to it, or surfaced post-diagnosis.
Nuclear Stress Test
- By redhotheartdisease · New reply July 2, 2009
- 3 replies
- All I know so far is that my T Wave's are more abnormal than my normal "abnormal" I find out full results Friday , but I still don't really get what that means. I had a stent in my LAD June 2003, and ...
Weird Heart beat..
- By Blessedbottoms · New reply June 30, 2009
- 1 reply
- Has anyone experienced this?? I have been having a different kind of heartbeat today. I have a regular heart rhythm then a single heartbeat that feels slow (delayed).. almost as if it's in slow motion ...
Scleroderma
- By Nikki333 · New reply June 28, 2009
- 2 replies
- Does anyone here have scleroderma? I was recently diagnosed with that and Raynaud's syndrome and I am wondering if they are all connected. Nikki 3 ...
New here... need info on Supplements, Lifestyle...whatEVER :)
- By drawing3d · New reply June 25, 2009
- 22 replies
- Hi all; I am also a member of the Lung Cancer Alliance because I was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer also in Nov 07. The GOOD news to that is that I am believing that I am healed as there has been ...
feet swelling
- By shotzi999 · New reply June 24, 2009
- 7 replies
- Does anyone have feet and ankle swelling? When I first started my BP med my ankles swelled and doctors said that was a side effect of the meds. But now the top of my feet are swollen and sometimes my ...
Heart Attack same as Cardiac Arrest with Cardiomyopathy?
- By sunshine3D · New reply June 23, 2009
- 6 replies
- When I FIRST became aware of a heart problem, I had an "incident" that was never really NAMED. I have been told it was Cardiac Arrest. It was explained to me that anytime the heart malfunctions to the ...
Bruising after 2nd heart cath?
- By lvfrogs · New reply June 22, 2009
- 25 replies
- Hello everyone, I just had my 2nd heart cath on Tuesday. The first one was about a month ago and they did this one to see if they should put a stent in or not. My blockage is in a very tricky place apparently ...
Verapamil and Heart Spasms
- By lvfrogs · New reply June 20, 2009
- 11 replies
- Hello everyone, I wanted to post this question to you all. I know I can ask my doctor and will give him a call, but sometimes, I find it best to ask from you all - the ones that are actually dealing with ...
Post surgical CABG advice
- By south127 · New reply June 19, 2009
- 7 replies
- Good Morning Heart Sisters, I am asking for information for my Friend Robert, 61 old. He smoked prior to this event. He has undergone a triple bypass 100% blockage in LAD (vein harvested from his leg ...
Sound familiar to anyone?
- By helpshawna · New reply June 19, 2009
- 3 replies
- I have had 8 cardiac stents in the past 6 years. Last one was just this past April. Last Friday, I had all the symptoms of another blockage: pain between my shoulder blades, cold sweats, nausea, fatigue ...
MY MIRACLE : Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
- By Helen63 · New reply June 19, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello, I would like to share my story. I will try to keep it short. I was 43 years old at the time...a mother of 3 grown children and the worlds most beautiful grand daughter In Sept of 06 on a wed morning ...
SCAD with Open heart surgery CABG performed (no risk factors)
- By HollySS · New reply June 16, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hello...I am 35yo female with no risk factors. Last pregnancy was 3 years ago. On 4-4-09 I suffered acute MI, and after catherization discovered Right Coronary Artery dissection. Like many of you, MD's ...
Takotsubo
- By BJ45 · New reply June 15, 2009
- 1 reply
- Recently diagnosed with takotsubo, I was in the hospital on a heart pump for four days and four more recuperating then sent home, still having chest discomfort and doctors don't seem to know why or just ...
Went to the doctor and found out about my Congestive Heart Failure
- By pam52 · New reply June 12, 2009
- 10 replies
- I found for sure I do have it and that I have two leaky valves, small ones but... also maybe sleep apnea with dismished oxygen levels... I will have a sleep study in a few days.. She also took blood for ...
How to Follow Posts
- By lvfrogs · New reply June 12, 2009
- 2 replies
- Is there a way to follow posts that you have replied on? I am finding it hard to go back and find posts that I responded on. Sometimes I do, and can read any responses back, but sometimes, I just forget ...
My vague heart symptoms and history - discuss :)
- By aviana · New reply June 12, 2009
- 6 replies
- I would like to share my concerns and symptoms to see if anyone has insight for me... thank you in advance for reading and helping... About six years ago at age 33 I started to experience occasional heart ...
Female Cardiologist Specializing in Female Heart Problems
- By katie_colorado · New reply June 11, 2009
- 2 replies
- A woman on this site posted a few months ago that they had found a female cardiologist that specializes in women's heart issues. I think she had posted she saw her at the Cleveland Clinic but I can't ...
Weird symptoms
- By cgh · Posted June 11, 2009
- 0 replies
- I am 44 and started having odd symptoms last March. I went to the ER twice. I had an MRI to rule out brian things as I was feeling moving cold spots on left arm and leg and chest pain. Also had a stress ...
Congestive Heart Failure
- By pam52 · New reply June 10, 2009
- 11 replies
- I had a triple by pass in 2000 also both carodit arteries repaired in 2001. I did go back to work for about 7 yrs. The last 6 months were really rough, but I had no choice, then I had to have my hip replacement ...
Dilated Ascending Thoracic Aorta 4.2 cm - 4.6 cm
- By royaltudor · New reply June 4, 2009
- 17 replies
- Dear Friends, A recent PET/CT scan for ovarian cancer revealed this. I go in on Tuesday to meet with a cardiologist. Should I be worried? I guess that's a given, right? What do you think they will want ...
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