Below you'll find a list of all posts from July, 2015
Friday, July 31, 2015 Submitted by Dr T on March 9, 2012 – 3:43pm in Cardiac Risks Question: Hello… I am 72 yrs old, and in reasonably good health, I think, considering I have not been in a hospital overnight since 1983, and that was for a D&C. Now I need a knee replacement. I was going through all my …
Recent studies of popular statins showed a significant increase in the risk for diabetes associated with statin therapy. More potent statins that include Zocor (simvastatin), Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin), particularly at higher doses, are associated with a higher risk for diabetes. A publication of The Women’s Health Initiative analysis of more than 153,000 women, ages 50-79 diagnosed more than …
Submitted by Dr T on March 7, 2012 – 10:23am Question: I am a 60 year old male. There have been no incidents of heart problems in my family history. My family doctor had prescribed crestor to reduce my cholesterol level last year. I had taken that for several months, and noticed tingling in my hands, my knees hurt so …
Submitted by Dr T on March 7, 2012 – 10:12am in Your heart rhythm Question: When I was a teen I was diagnosed with bradycardia after an episode on syncope. At that time my resting pulse was 60 but the Holter monitor said it dropped into the low 30’s during sleep. I’m now age 50 and have been exercising 6 …
Friday, July 31, 2015 Heart Submitted by Dr T on March 3, 2012 – 11:12am Question: Hi My name is Ken. im from AustraliaI am 55 years old Male about 6yrs ago i had a stent put in laddue tohigh colestrol was put on Plavix 75mg 20mg nortelTaken off Plavix about 4yr ago still suffering from angina shortness breath chest …
Submitted by Dr T on March 3, 2012 – 10:48am Question: My husband is 51 and had triple bypass right before Christmas. His only symptom of blockage was a minor, yet recurrent, pain in his chest on exertion. Needless to say, we were shocked. He has never smoked and only weighs 152 pounds. His cardiologist says it is 99.9% family …
Submitted by Dr T on February 29, 2012 – 10:29am in Chest Pain Question: Chest pains, nausea, dizziness, and weakness last week. ER gave me nitro spray to stop the pain. Blood work was negative. Still having some squeezing pain in chest. Is it normal to have this pain only a few times a day? Should I be worried? Hi …
Submitted by Dr T on February 29, 2012 – 9:58am in Your heart rhythm Question: Whenever I lay down flat on my stomach my heart pounds so hard that I can feel it in my chest, neck and head for up to several minutes. I can hear it pounding so much that it makes it difficult to hear other things. …
Submitted by Dr T on February 29, 2012 – 9:46am in Cardiac Risks Question: Hello, I know that DBP is supposed to remain the same during exercise and that systolic blood pressure is supposed to rise. my DBP stayed the same during an exercise test, which the doctor said was good.. but he said my SBP went only up to …
Submitted by Dr T on February 25, 2012 – 3:59pm in Cardiac Risks Question: I am a healthy 49 year old man who exercises frequently, tries to eat right and is in excellent shape. A little over two years ago my internist put me on 2.5mg of the beta blocker Bystolic daily, for mild hypertension (actually prehypertension). While I tolerated …