Submitted by Dr T on May 30, 2011 – 8:40am Question: I am a very small (4″10″, 90lb.) 54-year old female born with a bicuspid aortic valve. I’ve had two heart surgeries – one was a commissurotomy when I was 19 and the last was a aortic valve replacement and aneurysm repair back in 1999. (I chose a mechanical). …
Abnormal EKG with Multiple Ventricular Premature complexes, Wide QRS
Submitted by Dr T on June 3, 2011 – 11:11am in Your heart rhythm Question: my nephew is 16 and plays football and basket ball for our School. He went with me the other day and did a voluntary EKG just for personal reasons. He was instantly taken off of both the football and basketball teams and is not allowed …
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Submitted by Dr T on June 4, 2011 – 7:45am Question: I’m a teenager from Massachusetts, and my family has a history of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia. My grandfather had it, and my father was the only child out of four to develop the disease. I have cardiology appointments every few years to check my heart. The information I find …
Heavyness in left side of my chest
Submitted by Dr T on June 6, 2011 – 7:23am in Chest Pain Question: Dr T, I am a 38 years old male.I have been having mild left arm pain for past 2/3 days which is now subsiding or I think so. I have very high cholesterol levels (diagnosed last week only) which I am trying to control by exercise, …
Is Bicuspid aortic valve disease dangerous
Submitted by Dr T on June 7, 2011 – 7:03am in Chest Pain Question: Hi Dr T I recently had an echo scan that showed a bav but had no regurgitation, leak, narrowing or any of the problems that come with it.I have good bp and low resting hr of 45bpm (witch could be down to playing sports).. i had …
Persistent coughing
Submitted by Dr T on June 9, 2011 – 7:19am in Ask Doctor T Hi Dr T, My Dad had an angioplasty done, where they introduced a stent on the LCA. He had a heart attack yers ago and had now developed further problems, one of the symptoms he had was coughing upon leaning back, which escalated to coughing all …
Shortness of breath, chest pains, tachycardia and palpitations
Submitted by Dr T on June 9, 2011 – 7:47am in Chest Pain Question: Hi Dr T, I was just wondering about a recent 24 hour ecg I had. I walked up a hill whilst wearing one and I got chest pains which felt like pressure and breathlessness, but the ecg only came back with tachycardia at that time? Now …
The risk of failed coronary artery bypass grafts
Submitted by Dr T on June 11, 2011 – 10:54am in Cardiac Risks Question: Hi Dr T, 76 yr old male. undergone CABG for 3 vessel injury in April 2005. From past 1 year, having breathing, perspiration and uneasiness in heart region, after mild exertion. Like walking for 10 minutes or more and occasional fits of internal burning heat and …
Is there a risk to two different pulses in my neck?
Submitted by Dr T on June 18, 2011 – 8:40am in Other Question: Hi Dr T, Sometimes when I feel my neck pulse, it feels like the right and left side are pumping at different rates, is this normal? I also get some twitches on the left side ocasionally. Not knowing anything else about you, the best way to go …
Acute Chest pains
Submitted by Dr T on June 21, 2011 – 10:52am Question: Hi Dr T, Lying on back, watching TV on couch 11pm one evening, girlfriend spooning on top of chest.Experience sudden contraction in chest, almost like a muscle spasm, causing pain and shortness of breath (4/10 pain). Pain increases in severity, like a strain or load increasing on a muscle, …