Submitted by Dr T on October 27, 2011 – 7:42am in Cardiac Risks Question: Hello, and thank you for taking my question. 3 yrs ago I had triple by pass. A yr later I began felling a little more tired than usual so my Cardiologist said I’d be a good candidate for a 3 lead ICD he said another Dr. …
POTS and Pericarditis
Submitted by Dr T on October 25, 2011 – 4:27pm in Your heart rhythm Question: Is Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome ever dangerous?Could it contribute to shock, ischemia, etc. if a vasodilator medication or vasodilating medical condition is present?Also, how sensitive is Cardiac MRI for detecting pericarditis?If the pericarditis were treated with an NSAID or if elevated levels of adrenal hormones …
Barry Manilow, spokesperson for “Get Back In Rhythm”
World-famous musician and singer Barry Manilow is one of the more than 2.5 million Americans living with Atrial fibrillation (AF, or AFib), a disease that causes your heart to race and beat out of rhythm, and make it hard to pump blood efficiently to your body. Becoming the spokesperson for “Get Back In Rhythm”, will help raise awareness about atrial …
Calculate your BMI
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. BMI can be used to indicate if you are overweight, obese, underweight or normal. A healthy BMI score is between 20 …
Smoking
Tobacco use is a major preventable cause of premature death and disease worldwide. Currently, approximately 5.4 million people die each year due to tobacco-related illnesses—a figure expected to increase to more than 8 million a year by 2030. Cigarette smoking causes about 1 in every 5 deaths in the United States each year. It’s the main preventable cause of death …
BMI Calculator
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. BMI can be used to indicate if you are overweight, obese, underweight or normal. A healthy BMI score is between 20 …
Diastolic Heart Disease and Circulation Problems
Submitted by Dr T on October 22, 2011 – 1:24pm in Cardiac Risks Question: I’m 46 yrs old and weigh 160lbs. I recently had a heart ultrasound and was later told by my family physician that all 4 valves (Aorta, Mitral, Tricuspid and Pulmonary) were regurgitating blood back into the heart, but that it was nothing to worry about because …
Abnormal EKG after a heart attack
Submitted by Dr T on October 20, 2011 – 12:03pm in Cardiac Risks Question: Respect,I had a heart attack and so far I have had six ERGO tests on the rear of 14 October I enrolled quote”low R in V1-V2.” Please let me explain what that means.Thank in advance, George Hi George,It can mean a variety of things. “Low amplitute” …
Dangerous pvcs?
Submitted by Dr T on October 15, 2011 – 10:14am in Your heart rhythm Question: Dear doc recently their was a study going around with regards to the prognosis of pvcs that it increased mortality now I know you clarified this in your blog this study has really unsettled me as I suffer from pvcs but very very mild at …
irregular heartbeats
Submitted by Dr T on October 1, 2011 – 5:45pm Question: Recently for the past 3 to 4 weeks I’ve been experiencing a unusual flutter in my heart. it feels like it would skip a beat. Now recently i seen a cardiologist for that i had a EKG,Chest X Ray,echocardiogram full blood work. the cardiologist said everything is normal. then …