Submitted by Dr T on April 5, 2012 – 2:30pm in Cardiac Risks Question: Two weeks ago, my husband who is 39yrs old , went for a medical checkup in one the Hospital in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. The Mediacl assistants who checked my hubby , told that his arteries functioning like 74yrs man. I’m so sad after hearing this from my …
New onset Atrial fibrillation
Submitted by Dr T on March 30, 2012 – 9:32am in Your heart rhythm Question: Last week I went to my primary doctor because I had not been able to sleep for more than 4 hours a night for months. He diagnosed me with atrial fibrillation after performing an EKG and referred me to a cardiologist. I am a 40 …
ICD for heart failure
Submitted by Dr T on March 28, 2012 – 10:58am Question: My husband is 74 years old, exercises vigorously, and has doneso for his entire life. He eats well and has good cholesterol numbers, and is a healthy weight/nonsmoker. Takes medication for blood pressure only; bp is under control.May 2011 had normal EF rate, but b/c of persistent low heart …
At risk for a heart attack
Submitted by Dr T on March 23, 2012 – 1:14pm in Cardiac Risks Question: Dear Sir,I am a Male 54 years old and my Lipid Profile indicates Triglyceride as 410 mg/dl. My Blood Pressure is 180 / 100 and today I got my ECG done which indicates ” QRS[T] CONTOUR ABNORMALITY CONSISTENT WITH INFERIOR INFARCT PROBABLY OLD “Of late I …
A soccer player collapsing during a Premier League Match
Submitted by Dr T on March 23, 2012 – 12:47pm in Your heart rhythm Question: Hi,As you may or may not know a footballer in the UK collapsed on the pitch and is lucky to be alive.This of course worries me drastically been a 23 year old lad who does regularly participate in sport it also brings back memories of …
Is this esophagus spasm?
Submitted by Dr T on March 21, 2012 – 8:23am Question: I’m 19 years old, and I was diagnosed with GERD in 2010. I’ve had it on and off since then but sometimes the symptoms get really bad. I want once chest pain so bad because of the acid reflux, that I went to the ER. They performed an EKG, …
Of men and women’s reproductive health
After the recent vile remarks by a certain talk-show host about women’s sexual and reproductive health, today a Ohio legislator introduced legislation to demand equal treatment of a man’s reproductive health: Viagra and the little blue bill of Ohio. The bill would demand that a doctor certifies the patient has experienced erectile dysfunction, as well as testify the patient is …
Be careful to use Dabigatran
As we have recently written, the benefit of Dabigatran as protection against stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation needs to be weighed against a significant (28%) increase in the risk of serious and sometimes fatal bleeding, myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome. A review of a number of recent studies showed this to be true across a broad spectrum of …
An irregular heart beat with a history of SVT
Submitted by Dr T on March 13, 2012 – 9:18am in Your heart rhythm Question: I am 22 with type 1 juvenille on-set diabetes (18yrs.) I also have hypo- thyroid. I had the cardiac ablation in 2008 for SVT. Was doing fine , for the last 4-5 months I have had rapid irregular heart beat constantly. It makes me nauseaus …
Bloodthinning and warfarin
Submitted by Dr T on March 13, 2012 – 9:02am in Your heart rhythm Question: I am a 63 year old male with controlled chronic hypertension (Cozaar 100mg)and atrial Fib. I was also recently diagnosed with COPD and late onset asthma (two inhalers and Singular).Over the years it has been recommended I thin my blood as a preventive to stroke …