Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2015
Submitted by Dr T on December 6, 2010 – 5:30pm Question: I am a woman and still in my forties. Can I be at risk for heart disease? One of the problems of medicine includes certain fallacies, such as that women are protected against heart disease before menopause. Symptoms related to coronary artery disease are not infrequently misinterpreted or even …
Submitted by Dr T on December 6, 2010 – 3:53pm in Other Question: If I decide to have an operation for my aortic valve problems what are the top hospitals for this type of surgery in the US? Your recovery depends on the type of surgery that most likely involves dividing your breast bone (sternum) to get to your …
Submitted by Dr T on December 5, 2010 – 3:32pm in Other This weekend I learned that in January one of my patients, Bill G, had passed away. When I first saw him in 1983, he was referred to me as a last ditch treatment effort of what was thought to be an incurable disease: Carcinoma of the esophagus. At …
Submitted by Dr T on December 3, 2010 – 7:41pm Question: Three years ago I was diagnosed with severe aortic regurgitation due to a Bisucspid Aortic Valve. I am now 31 years old with a blood pressure stats around 145/50. I’ve always been extremely active playing basketball and lifting weights regularly. Before diagnosis I felt great and had no idea …
Submitted by Dr T on December 3, 2010 – 12:11pm in Your heart rhythm Question: Hi I am a 43 y/o female. I have had PVCs over the past 4-6 years two weeks ago they became frequent actually about 1000 on a halter monitor with a short run of SVT and I had several PACs. ECG normal, echo normal, I …
I may have Paroxysmal Supra Ventricular TachyCardia (PSVT) Submitted by Dr T on December 3, 2010 – 11:58am in Your heart rhythm Question: I have had several episodes of what I am assuming is PSVT (I am a critical care RN by trade), 5 in the last 2 months. It doesn’t seem to corrolate with anything except it usually happens …
Submitted by Dr T on December 3, 2010 – 11:40am in Your heart rhythm Question: About 6 months ago i started having fast heartbeat(110 to 130bpm) while just sitting around or in bed. My internist doctor did stress/blood/holter/pulmonary tests, said I have psvt and prescribed Cardizem, a calcium blocker. i took it for three weeks and stopped because it didn’t …
Leek, Onion and Potato with Green Pea puree soup Submitted on December 1, 2010 – 7:51pm Once again, I am teaching medical students in Boston. This means I stay with my daughter during the week and the exposure to a fellow soup foodie’s preferences, this time potato and leek soup. Described in “ French women don’t get fat” by Mireille …
Submitted by Dr T on November 30, 2010 – 6:08pm in Chest Pain Question: Hello, I’m a 55 year old woman, and a psychologist. Six years ago I was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and a cardiomyopathy. For the last 2 years, I have been getting excrutiating painful cramps that start near my armpit and go into my breast. …
The aorta is the largest artery in the body and is the blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to all parts of the body. The section of the aorta that runs through the chest is called the thoracic aorta and, as the aorta moves down through the abdomen it is called the abdominal aorta. An aneurysm …