Q: 1.In a structurally healthy heart, how serious is it if a person has all of the following: svt, afib, pvcs, 1st degree heart block, mild mvp? 2. If a person has a-fib lasting 10 seconds every 8 months do they need a blood thinner? (if they also have thousands of pvcs)
leg pains and cramps while resting
Q: My leg pain comes and goes mainly at rest or driving . Have been on simvastatin tired pravastatin for problem was told to stop until pain goes away has not in 3-weeks . but the next trial will be crestor . should i ignore pain and treat cholesterol? The pain is in my left leg/ right leg has gotten …
Severe Heartburn, could it be heart disease?
Q; I have had severe heart burn for about 5 day’s now, It gets so bad at times I have trouble breathing, I am having a hard time eating and taking my meds beacuase it hurts to swallow. I have been taking over the counter Prilosec, but that does not seem to help. I am 45 years old. Should I …
Aspirin Therapy
Q: I have been diagnosed with coronary artery disease with elevated cholesterol, slightly high blood pressure and angina. I’ve had the treadmill stress test, echocardiogram and ekg. I have an MET level of 8. I am taking metoprolol (100mg time release), Lipitor (10mg) and low-dose aspirin. The doctor told me to take 2 aspirin tablets daily. Would this be most …
Long QT, A Fib and PVCs
Q: I am 52 years of age and have had paroxysmal AF for the past 16 years for which I have been prescribed Sotalol to be taken when required. Recently I had an ECG that showed a QTc of 464 and my cardiologist referred me for a number of tests including an Echocardiogram, a stress test and ambulatory monitoring. I …
Anxiety, chest pains, a racing heart and a slow heart rate
Q: I am a 45 year old female in good health/weight with no outstanding health issues. In the last year, I have noticed some bouts with anxiety (racing heart) and also chest tightness, uncomfortable feeling in left arm and “lazy” fingers (middle finger thru pinky). I have not been to a doctor in 10 years. Just went because of worrying …
Diet and LDL
Q: I’m 28, I don’t take medications, I weight 146 lbs, my blood pressure is 110/70, and my height is 5’10. Before my diet, my LDL was 185mg/dl, my HDL was 55, my VLDL was 20, and my total cholesterol was 259. Since my father developed heart disease at age 60 I went on a low fat vegan diet. After …
RBBB and palpitations
Q: I have RBBB, and occasional PVC’s, sometimes during exercise. Should answer 1 say ‘or you have PVC’s with right bundle branch block morphology on EKG’?? Could you tell me, are there PVC’s with a left and right bbb morphology (and which is visible on the EKG?) The first answer scared me a little bit, to be honest. Sometimes I …
Pulmonary stenosis
Subvalvular (Right ventricular outflow tract) Valvular Supravalvular (pulmonary truncus) Peripheral (at the bifurcation) Peripheral in the pulmonary artery Isolated PS occurs with a frequency of 9% of all congenital cardiac abnormalities and, combined with other cardiac abnormalities, with a frequency of nearly 21%. All forms lead to an obstruction of blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries. …
My doctor will not tell me about the results of my carotid ultrasound
Q: Three weeks ago, I woke up with blurred vision in my right eye. Last winter I had a problem with this eye (faces on TV screen “split”) for a couple of hours and had an MRI/MRA of my brain, normal results. I went to the ER after the latest incident, attending couldn’t find anything alarming, referred me to ophthalmologist, …