Submitted by Dr T on January 29, 2011 – 9:31am Question: I am 52 years of age and have had paroxysmal AF for the past 16 years for which I have been prescribed Sotalol to be taken when required.Recently I had an ECG that showed a QTc of 464 and my cardiologist referred me for a number of tests including …
Anxiety, chest pains, a racing heart and a slow heart rate
Submitted by Dr T on January 28, 2011 – 11:26am in Cardiac Risks Question: I am a 45 year old female in good health/weight with no outstanding health issues. In the last year, I have noticed some bouts with anxiety (racing heart) and also chest tightness, uncomfortable feeling in left arm and “lazy” fingers (middle finger thru pinky). I have …
Diet and LDL
Submitted by Dr T on January 26, 2011 – 4:06pm in Nutrition Question: I’m 28, I don’t take medications, I weight 146 lbs, my blood pressure is 110/70, and my height is 5’10. Before my diet, my LDL was 185mg/dl, my HDL was 55, my VLDL was 20, and my total cholesterol was 259. Since my father developed heart disease …
RBBB and palpitations
Submitted by Dr T on January 25, 2011 – 2:01pm Question: I have RBBB, and occasional PVC’s, sometimes during exercise. Should answer 1 say ‘or you have PVC’s with right bundle branch block morphology on EKG’?? Could you tell me, are there PVC’s with a left and right bbb morphology (and which is visible on the EKG?) The first answer …
My doctor will not tell me about the results of my carotid ultrasound
Submitted by Dr T on January 22, 2011 – 11:40am Question: Three weeks ago, I woke up with blurred vision in my right eye. Last winter I had a problem with this eye (faces on TV screen “split”) for a couple of hours and had an MRI/MRA of my brain, normal results. I went to the ER after the latest …
Can you live with a very bad heart?
Submitted by Dr T on January 19, 2011 – 8:25pm in Cardiac Risks Question: If you would kindly tell me how does it feel….when a person is only using 20% of their heart. Can they survive? Some people do very well; others may have severe heart failure and ultimately need a heart transplant. The first question to answer, is …
PVCs and floppy mitral valve
Submitted by Dr T on January 19, 2011 – 8:19pm Question: Hello, I am a 34 year old female 5’6″ 133lbs. Cholesterol is good, I don’t smoke or drink alcohol. I have pvcs and pacs (both caught with EKG and 24 hr holter monitor. I had an echo done that shows MVP with mild regurgitation. I have days that the …
Stress tests and heart failure
Submitted by Dr T on January 19, 2011 – 7:16pm in Cardiac Risks Question: I have had 2 stress echos and each of them have an NYHA Class I listed on the bottom. There is no mention of heart failure in the report. Is this just a blank that has to be filled in, so they put a 1? If …
I have an abnormal ekg
Submitted by Dr T on January 17, 2011 – 7:21pm in Cardiac Risks Question: i am 54 white female who just had a ekg done for a post surgery this friday the dr. said it came back abnormal. i do have a family history of heart disease. i take atenolol 50 mg i have no sypmtons should i be worried. …
PACS and PVCS
Submitted by Dr T on January 17, 2011 – 7:07pm in Your heart rhythm Question: 70 yr male in excellent health, walk3x/wk at about 3 mph/hour ..past 2 years intermittent PAC’s and PVC’s some days nothing, other days from moments to hours of “flutter”. on benazepril 20mg2x/day, Toprol-XL 150 mg/day divided dose and amlodipine 5mg/day Lipitor 10mg/day and metformin 1000mg …