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My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms
Discuss your diagnosis and the symptoms that led to it, or surfaced post-diagnosis.
Prinz's Metal Angina
- By Rojan · New reply 7:39 pm
- 12 replies
- I'm looking for someone who has this problem, I've been dealing with this for 14 yrs now and its really getting the best me of, in the past month I've been in the hospital twice and my last visit I had ...
heres me
- By danhartman1959 · New reply 7:16 pm
- 2 replies
- im a 50 year old guy with dialated cardiomayopathy this week was implanted with a crtd but the shocl theapy is off ef is up around 35% si dr really thinks thats safe for me time will tell this heart stuff ...
Study: "Women have same heart attack symptoms as men, including chest pain"
- By Kennarina · New reply 11:01 am
- 14 replies
- You may have come across this 'research' report in the past week. All week I've been thinking that this study on heart attack symptoms (done on patients having an elective, scheduled, non-emergency angioplasty ...
SCAD research UPDATE
- By KAKLeon · New reply 8:34 am
- 2 replies
- November 3, 2009 Great news!!! Dr. Hayes would like to review an initial group of records for purposes of developing the research protocol. She’d like about 10 of our files for starters, and has outlined ...
Cholesterol Levels - What should they be post MI?
- By GraceAnnStewart · New reply yesterday at 9:45 pm
- 3 replies
- Hi Heart Sisters, I know I have read some where that cholesterol levels for post MI people should be lower than what is recommended for the average non-MI person. But I can't find that info and my cardiologist ...
CHEST PAIN NOT CARDIAC AFTER OPEN HEART SURGERY
- By Penjudy · New reply yesterday at 1:33 pm
- 6 replies
- 8 weeks after open heart surgery, I am having a constant pulling, painful sensation on the right side of my chest, made much worse by sneezing or coughing. So far physicians tell me just to give it time ...
Prinzmetal Questions
- By katie_colorado · New reply November 5, 2009
- 12 replies
- Do any of you guys have this angina pain last all day? I have had chest pain now for a couple yrs, I usually wake up with it in the morning, and it will increase in severity. The pain is center chest ...
Question regarding Echo and Stress Test Results
- By south127 · New reply November 4, 2009
- 11 replies
- I reeived a copy of my Echo and Stress Test Results (performed last month). I'm confused (which seem to be a perpetual state:-)...maybe some one could clarify thos seeming disparity. The ejection fraction ...
Memory
- By Lynnedz56 · New reply November 4, 2009
- 35 replies
- I have a question. I seem to NOT being able to remember things like I used to. On Mother's day my son bought my daughter a beautiful mother's ring. I was there when he gave it to her. Yesterday I was ...
SCAD -- new research opportunity
- By KAKLeon · New reply November 3, 2009
- 23 replies
- I'm writing with great hope for all of us WomenHeart SCAD survivors. At this moment, there are at least 84 documented SCAD experiences on this message board. Fifty-nine of us (70%) are "cause unknown ...
Has anyone been dual diagnosed?
- By denisePA · New reply November 3, 2009
- 9 replies
- I don't mean mentally, what I do mean is do you have stomach ailments like I do that can mimic heart problems or anything else. I have chronic pancreatitis (etiology unknown) but it's full blown & flares ...
dystolic dysfunction
- By denisejoy · New reply November 2, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hello. I've been diagnosed with dystolic dysfunction after a right heart cath. Even though it's "moderate" I have symtoms sometimes of lightheadedness & shortness of breath, (on & off for years). They've ...
after prinzmetal spasms...
- By LisB · New reply October 29, 2009
- 4 replies
- I've been out of the hospital for about a month and have had my first 2 spasms since I left there. Am finding myself very, very exhausted after two nights of them. Am wondering if it's physical or if ...
All the SCAD ladies, put your hands up
- By laurahc · New reply October 28, 2009
- 43 replies
- (apologies to Beyonce') When I first got here, everyone was--and still is!--really supportive and said to "type 'SCAD' in the search bar" and read all the various discussions about spontaneous coronary ...
Aortic Valve replacement experiences, anyone?
- By 3stars · New reply October 28, 2009
- 19 replies
- I am 7 weeks out of aortic valve replacement. I was Code Blue coming out of the anesthetic and defibrillated. My lungs were surrounded with water and I had two pleural effusions. The electrical field ...
Sleep Problems
- By kmps · New reply October 24, 2009
- 17 replies
- I have just been reading about CPAPS. After 21 years on Estrogen patch....cardio guy recommended that I get off it it....that was a year ago. Have not been able to sleep without some type of help....from ...
Blood Pressure - lg difference between arms
- By MMaslek · New reply October 22, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi Ladies, Lately, I really only check my BP at the doctors. I never paid much attention but they always seem to check it on my right side. (Position of the table) I was at my sisters yesterday & her ...
Great News!
- By south127 · New reply October 21, 2009
- 16 replies
- I met with the ENT doctor at Shands (Gainesville, FL) this morning. The mass in my throat turned out to be the Teflon they injected into my paralyzed vocal cord in 1983. He said it had been over-injected ...
Taurine Capsules for Spasms and H/BP?
- By ruekat · New reply October 20, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi. I went to a holistic medical dr today for my h/bp, dysautonomia, fibro, coronary spasms, etc. She has me starting with 2 capsules daily of 1,000mg each. She also has me on magneDerm Transdermal magnesium ...
Imdur and the nitro patch
- By houston · New reply October 17, 2009
- 38 replies
- I am using the nitro patch, and my cardio is suggesting possibly adding Imdur. Can anyone give me their experience with Imdur, and also if anyone has used both the patch and Imdur at the same time. I ...
