Understanding microvascular disease

Discuss your experiences with microvascular disease.

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MY TMR....

dallasbaby
  • By dallasbaby · New reply yesterday at 2:17 pm
  • 4 replies
  • Hi Everyone, Well I went and talk to the heart surgeon and I'm going through with my TMR in June...I'm really scared but I just can't take the angina anymore.... I find myself taking 5-6 nitro's a day.....and ...

chest pressure feels like a balloon

JMB65
  • By JMB65 · New reply May 9, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • I am asking for anyone on this blog if you have had the following symptoms to provide me with some direction on how to get my cardiologist to look for a solution. I am having chest pressure pains, 4 to ...

Has anyone had TMR

dallasbaby
  • By dallasbaby · New reply May 3, 2013
  • 12 replies
  • Hi I was just wondering if anyone has had a TMR or know of someone that has....As my Dr. wants me to have a TMR..I'm really scared about it...But if any of my Heart Sisters know about it...Please let ...

High RBC (red blood cells)

Seeker2
  • By Seeker2 · New reply April 29, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Anyone RBC's high? Do you feel disabled, unable to walk more than a few steps ...

update

Laura9699
  • By Laura9699 · New reply April 27, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • I have been diagnosed with an arrhythmia cardiac spasms and micro vascular cardiac disease.....and just the other day social security called me instead of having an office visit that was scheduled for ...

MVD & CPAP - could this be why CPAP helps?

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply April 23, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201 3/04/130422102026.htm No matter if you are diagnosed w/apnea or hypopnea or not, and whether you suffer from menopausal sleep irregularity or are just a light ...

I am trying to get a diagnosis.

Mainemama
  • By Mainemama · New reply April 17, 2013
  • 12 replies
  • Hello everyone, I am a newbie. 59 year old, menopausal woman, with TONS of risk factors and a family history of women with heart disease. I have had hypertension since my 30's....pre-menopausal. About ...

PFO symptoms & dizziness

ToomanyBubbles
  • By ToomanyBubbles · New reply April 17, 2013
  • 9 replies
  • Does a PFO always have dizziness with it? I have had killer migraines and dizziness since I was diagnosed with a PFO, but at the same time I was diagnosed with "Vestibular Neuritis", a type of vertigo ...

How is Chronic Angina Pain treated without using nacotics?

VeeCee
  • By VeeCee · New reply April 17, 2013
  • 55 replies
  • I am on 4 different medications for angina. If the angina gets out of control I have to go to ER get a nitro drip spend the night in ICU and then released for the next time. I am treated like a narcotic ...

MVD or Unstable Angina

Seeker2
  • By Seeker2 · New reply April 4, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Can angina type of pain from MVD show on EKG? Likewise, would unstable angina show on an EKG? Those who suffer MVD, is it possible angina type of pain all the time with a few breaks here and there, and ...

Anyone with MVD have a stress MRI

trigrandma
  • By trigrandma · New reply March 31, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Last week I had a stress MRI as part of the ongoing WISE study. The first part of the MRI was fine but after the drug to "stress" my heart I did have chest pain and shortness of breath, the usual stuff ...

Diagnosed with FM/CFS after nuclear stress test normal

Annamac
  • By Annamac · New reply March 25, 2013
  • 15 replies
  • Hi there, I am new here so please be kind to me. I have had episodes of breathlessness and jaw pain which started about 3 years ago. I was caring for an elderly neighbour at the time and would become ...

Why Should We Study the Coronary Microcirculation?

Artista
  • By Artista · New reply March 12, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Although this is over a decade old, we still find many who are our partners in treating our hearts non-believing of the possible detrimental aspect of a failing coronary microcirculation or CMD/ MVD ...

male with syndrome X (MVD)

notwell
  • By notwell · New reply February 27, 2013
  • 119 replies
  • Need some advice. Yes I am male and I am one of the 20 to 30% who have been diagnosed with ‘syndrome X’ plus raynauds, this seems to be one of the better informed sites out there. This after many tests ...

Waging the War

Artista
  • By Artista · Posted February 20, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • Waging the War It is the nature of this Beast. Coronary Microvascular Disease hides. Not so much that it is trying- that's not accurate- its micro nature does not allow our doctors to see what we and ...

This MVD is all new to me!

barbje
  • By barbje · New reply February 18, 2013
  • 97 replies
  • I am a 48 year old female and have suddenly found myself caught up in a whirlwind of heart tests that continue to come back normal. I presented to the er two weeks ago with chest pressure, chest and back ...

Could this be hereditary?

Jimswife1437
  • By Jimswife1437 · New reply February 15, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • Since my HA in July, and my subsequent adventures since, I've thought a lot about my maternal grandmother. I do realize that she was a few fries short of a happy meal (we can lovingly say these things ...

Understanding Exclusion At The Watering Hole

Artista
  • By Artista · New reply February 14, 2013
  • 10 replies
  • Understanding Exclusion At The Watering Hole Here we are trying to get at the very rights we observe as humans- good care for our health. We are looking far and wide for a decent watering hole. We are ...

Troponin's

notwell
  • By notwell · New reply February 12, 2013
  • 22 replies
  • Could someone explain troponin levels to me, I have searched the internet but nothing really made sense with what I was told. A couple of days ago I again got rushed in to Hospital suspected HA, very ...

MVD AND FIBROMYALGIA

cashmere8
  • By cashmere8 · New reply February 11, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • Is there someone on this forum who have fibro/cfs, and developed MVD who's fibro symptoms changed? And how? I would be grateful for any feedback ...

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