Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2015
Submitted by Dr T on April 8, 2011 – 7:44am Question: I have a 19 year old son with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy. He also has Supraventricular tachycardia. He has under gone an atrial flutter ablation and still has arrhythmias. He is not on any heart medication.His latest EKG showed RSR rime in V1, non specific T wave changes and sinus …
Submitted by Dr T on April 6, 2011 – 7:08am Question: Would a CTA of the chest (not a Coronary CTA-3D Heart Scan), be able to pick up a Coronary Artery Aneurysm (CAA)? I had one recently. I wonder if a CAA could be causing my symptoms of mid to left chest pain, left arm/underarm pain and extreme dizziness-lightheadedness. All …
Submitted by Dr T on April 5, 2011 – 8:49am in Other Question: What is a test that is called Non Congenital and stress Exercise Myoview is this one test or 2 different ones. This is what I need to get but I want to know is it painful? or does it hurt any at all and how is …
Submitted by Dr T on April 4, 2011 – 3:08pm in Nutrition While I recognize that Mr. Gingrich’s recent speech about chocolate, beer and tough choices, was meant to just raise a few chuckles (which it did, even if it was besides the point), he might want to take a look at a recent speech by First Lady Michelle Obama …
Submitted by Dr T on April 2, 2011 – 4:26pm Question: I have been treated for high blood pressure for several years. Currently I am taking Diovan HCT Tabs 160/12.5 and only taking 1/2 tablet which has been controlling my blood pressure. My husband died from lymphoma 1 1/2 years ago and during his illness my stress level was high …
Submitted by Dr T on April 2, 2011 – 6:36am in Cardiac Risks Question: I am a 43yr. female. I have a pacemaker, due to an AV ablation, so I am dependant on my pacer. I recently had an echocardiogram, and will soon have a right heart cath. and venogram. I was wondering if you could help me to understand …
Submitted by Dr T on March 31, 2011 – 3:44pm Last night I heard former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives political activist and conservative Guru Newt Gingrich’s opinion of the world. The Salem State University Series invited Mr. Gingrich to appear on March 30. As he is floating rumors about running for the next presidential election, I was …
Submitted by Dr T on March 31, 2011 – 9:57am in Your heart rhythm Question: Thanks for all of the good information that you are providing to us about various heart related conditions. Would a radial pulse waveform (audio recording presented graphically) be a close enough representation of an ecg to imply the possibility of long qt syndrome if all …
Submitted by Dr T on March 30, 2011 – 7:43am in Your heart rhythm Question: I have been diagnosed with a fib and am now on lopresser medicaton 50 mg 2x day. Had to go to er 3 weeks ago for heart rate of 170 for over 3 hours. today my heart rate has been around 120-130 all day. I …
Submitted by Dr T on March 29, 2011 – 9:13am in Your heart rhythm Question: Follow up: I guess, as a dentist, with a medical background, I don’t know why my doctors don’t answer me when I ask about my long term prognosis.If I feel fine, can exercise, and am keeping INR between 2-3, can I hope for a relatively …