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 …
Chest pains, nausea, dizziness, and weakness
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 …
Pounding heart when laying down
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. …
High blood pressure during exercise
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 …
Fast Heart Rate after my Beta Blocker was stopped
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 …
CT Findings of an enlarged pulmonary artery
Submitted by Dr T on February 24, 2012 – 10:47am in Cardiac Risks Question: I had a CT on my chest to check my lungs for post chemo damage (22 years chemo and disease free) findings were 1 cyst, 2 small calcified areas and 1 tiny abnormal focus area withn the lungs. My Oncologist said that these could be from …
Anxiety and palpitations
Submitted by Dr T on February 24, 2012 – 10:25am in Your heart rhythm Question: Hi Dr! I am 32 years old, about 35lbs overweight and have 2 kids, 1 (3.5yrs.) and 1 (18mo) For the past 6 months I have been having a flutter feeling in my chest, small zaps of pain in my chest, short period of rapid …
Collapsed lung and fluid around the lung after heart surgery
Submitted by Dr T on February 21, 2012 – 6:22pm in Other Question: hello sir, this is a 55 year old female who underwent CABG 2 months ago who is also a known asthmatic, who got complications like mild left lung collapse and effusion which was treated with physiotherapy, where the patient was feeling better and x-rays showed resolving symptoms. …
Red Wine With Medications for Coronary Artery Disease and Angina
Submitted by Dr T on February 14, 2012 – 9:56am in Cardiac Risks Question: I take the following medications: Toprol-XL, Lipitor, low-dose aspirin and Imdur (for angina). Would it be dangerous for me to drink one glass of red wine per day? Thank you. Hi Ken,Of course not! If your symptoms are well controlled (and you don’t notice any problems), …
Red Wine With Medications for Coronary Artery Disease and Angina
Submitted by Dr T on February 14, 2012 – 9:56am in Cardiac Risks Question: I take the following medications: Toprol-XL, Lipitor, low-dose aspirin and Imdur (for angina). Would it be dangerous for me to drink one glass of red wine per day? Thank you. Hi Ken,Of course not! If your symptoms are well controlled (and you don’t notice any problems), …