Q: Hello, I come from a family where heart disease is a concern on my mom’s side of the family. Her grandmom, her dad, and his two brothers all died in their 40’s of sudden heart attacks. Since then it seems my mom who is 59 and her 4 siblings have been free from any real health problems. However, this …
I have an abnormal Calcium score
Q: I just had a calcium score test done and the left descending was 1.7 and the right artery was 126 both had two areas. My cholestrol is 315, with the bad being 215. My father has had four bypass surgeries and stents put in 2 different times. I have had pain in my left arm and back at times. …
Pulmonary Hypertension and Morbid obesity
Follow up (Pulmonary Hypertension is it dangerous?): I dont know any more specifics from this echo because he only ordered it to show the rsvp and not a full echo. The number was all he told me. I actually had been feeling better and able to exercise more. I have never had the shortness of breath but had 9 months …
Pulmonary Hypertension is it dangerous?
Q: I had written previously and had echo results as follows. 6 months after the 2nd echo my RVSP was 57. The cardiologist still believes obesity is the cause and wants to wait 6 more months to repreat the echo. He says the 57 is not a substantial increase from the 47-50 from the first and 2nd echo. What do …
My doctor told me I have an uncoiled aorta
Q: I went for a chest Xray for a cough and it was normal but on the report it said uncoiling of the thoracic aorta???? I asked my Dr what it meant and he didn’t know..(LOL).. So does anyone know what causes this and is there a way to reverse it.. I do not have high blood pressure and also …