Submitted by Dr T on March 24, 2011 – 9:22am Question: Occasionally I feel my heart skip a beat or “flutter” a few times a week. This can happen either when I do excerise, or even at quiet moments. Its very scary. I am healthy at 153lbs. 44 years old, and did have a EKG checkup 2 years prior to …
Patient Advocacy – Heart Disease Information, heart healthy living
Posted on September 16, 2009 – 4:54pm A patient advocacy site for heart disease and heart healthy living CardiacHealth will provide you with the latest information on heart disease, cardiac risks, coronary artery disease, treatments, and other options of care. In addition CardiacHealth also offers a number of different interactive cardiac risk assessments, as well as information about heart healthy …
Chest pains
Submitted by Dr T on March 23, 2011 – 11:06am in Your heart rhythm Question: my mother(55 year old) has felt chest pain(left & center)with left hand pain more than two times.also felt chest cogestion.she felt relief after taking isodril once.today she has checked up by doctor.ecg and tmt test reports is normal.but has some high level of cholestrol.doctor said …
Chest pain after thymectomy
Submitted by Dr T on March 20, 2011 – 11:23am in Chest Pain Question: I’m 48,had TAHBSO for endometrial ca (stage1) then Thymectomy (benign thymolipoma) both surgery 2008. Nov2010 had sternal wire removed due to constant nerve pain. Feb2011 thought I had heart attack, as the pain started from left arm radiating to my heart, searing or tearing kind of …
Inferior Q-wave follow up
Submitted by Dr T on March 19, 2011 – 9:22am in Cardiac Risks Question: What sort of other causes would lead to an inferior Q-wave besides the MI? Upon further review of the EKG, the cardiologist does want me to come in for the stress test. Is it really possible for one to have an MI and not know they …
Aberrant beats
Submitted by Dr T on March 19, 2011 – 8:52am in Your heart rhythm Question: I have recently had a 24 hr ECG which showed frequent aberrant beats, 3 couplets and 4 cycles of trigeminy. I am 26 weeks pregnant. I first noticed an irregular heart beat about 3 weeks ago. Is this anything to worry about? My doctor is …
Inferior Q-wave on my pre-op EKG
Submitted by Dr T on March 18, 2011 – 12:39pm in Cardiac Risks Question: After having a pre-surgery EKG, the surgeon told me I have an inferior Q-wave and wants to refer me to a cardiologist. I am working on making an appt so I hopefully won’t delay surgery but was very curious and a little concerned in the meanwhile. …
Heart murmur
Submitted by Dr T on March 18, 2011 – 7:31am in Cardiac Risks Question: I am a female, 38, ~5 ft, ~120 lbs. In 94 my echocardiogram said: Mild MR (+2)with eccentric posteriorly directed jet; Mild MVP – anterior leaflet bows beyond annulus plane LA. Mild anterior leaflet MVP with mild MR. Otherwise normal study. What do they mean? Should …
Husband with heart skipping beats
Submitted by Dr T on March 18, 2011 – 7:20am Question: Hello…my husband is 36 year old white male that is 6’4″ tall and weighs about 350 which I know is a heart attack waiting to happen right there.He just starting working out & has lost about 7 lbs so far so hopefully it will help all this.So about 2 …
Pericarditis and Prolonged QTc in my daughter
Submitted by Dr T on March 16, 2011 – 11:00am in Your heart rhythm Question: My daughter is almost 14, she has had incessant recurrent pericarditis since she was 12 and has to remain on medications or the pericarditis returns. She has had several effusions, one of them moderate to large, which caused her heart to start collapsing in. My …