The Archive of Heart - General Questions
from The Heart Forum at Med Help International

Listed below are our archive of questions and answers from the forum for the medical topic: Heart - General. Please feel free to browse our heart - general archive below, search our site for additional information about heart - general, or browse the full archives for this forum.

• Q&A from 2005
• 24 And palpitations
• Angina symptoms and shortness of breath
• DIZZINESS AND ENLARGED LEFT ATRIUM
• Palpatation and high pulse rate
• echo findings
• Chest pain, PAC, PVC's
• Eating Disorders and Heart Risks
• Asthma and arrythmias
• Chest Pains and PACs
• Aortic Valve Replacement and Rapid Pulse
• Upper left chest tighness
• EBCT Calcium Scores
• marfan syndrome
• Chest muscle pain?
• Definition of a structurally normal heart and arrhythmias
• Esophagus, Chest Pain, and PVCs
• Holter and Echo Results
• Pac's and pvc's
• Neurocardiogenic Syncope w/AV Block vs. Orthostatic Intolerance
• Effectiveness and saftey of ablation for atrial firbrillation
• High diastolic BP and junctional heart rythm...too many PAC's..advice please..
• can pvc's cause harmful arrythmia?
• Aortic Root
• Can You Help In Anyway Please
• Will A-flutter ablation cure a-fib?
• Just PVC'S??
• Vasovagal
• Chest Pain following stent placement. All tests show normal.
• PVC's, PAC's and current cardiologist's advice
• v-tach or afib?
• Fast Heart Rate After Eating
• palpitation episodes
• Left ventricle wall thickness
• aortic root
• Is My boyfriend too young?????????
• Rules: Limit of 2 questions per 6 month period
• chest discomfort
• cholesterol
• Smarter Heart Scan?
• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in a baby
• abnormal ekg
• Confused about Symptoms
• Worried...
• Heart -General
• AVNRT: rf-- or cryoablation?
• leaky valves and arrythmmias?
• Patent ductis arteriosus and chest pain
• Chest pain after exercise, not during
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Confused...
• Severe Hypotension
• Aorta
• Anxiety?
• Enlarged Aorta
• Intermittent strong heartbeat
• Enlarged Heart?
• Racing Pulse
• Extra T Wave.
• excessive triglycerides
• Heart rate - Accelerated



• Q&A from 2004
• Anti-inflam. Meds.
• PVCs and NVST
• Chest injury causes heart problem?
• Heart problem or all in my head?
• Cholesterol Profile
• MESSAGE FROM MED HELP!
• Heart stress under anesthesia
• Episodes of Tachycardia
• Follow-Up
• problems with palpitations?
• Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
• EKG Findings
• Odd vibrating in chest
• hearts endocrine role in the handling of sodium
• valves and peripheral edema
• Cardiac Neurosis?
• Chest Pains- Heart Related?
• Study Results Concerning Low-fat Diets
• Dextrocardia detected in 23rd wk. prenatal ultrasound
• My nan has an enlarged heart
• Elavated Blood Enzymes
• Diagnosis Interpretation
• Small 55% blocked atery
• A REMINDER FROM MED HELP
• How to increase your ejection fraction after a heart attack.
• Aortic regurgitation
• Sensation of not enough air
• heart flutters
• occasional chest pain when running
• HDL (good cholesterol)
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Fast heart rate with little exertion
• Triglycerides and Tricor
• bigeminys
• pvcs
• Endocarditis?
• Scared - follow up from 9/5/04
• Scared - please help
• Ascending Aortic Aneursym
• WPW ablaiton failed
• Junctional Rythm with a lot of Pvc's...
• Misc
• Heart Damage Follow-up
• Are these considered Risk Factors ?
• 25% Ejection Fraction Prognosis
• Aspirin Therapy-Enteric Vs. Uncoated
• Atrial Fibrillation/Sick Sinus Syndrome/Exercise
• dental anaesthetic
• Getting pain in Left side of heart,on both shoulder blades,right side of neck
• 44 yr old with 97 yr old heart and 3 kidney transplants severe heart damage
• Weight loss and heart repair
• Atenonol withdrawal
• Indigestion in a child of 8
• 1st degree Heart Block
• Living with PSVT
• Chest pains lasting several hours/days
• A Question on Lipids
• Femoral nerve damage from heart cath
• Leaking Heart Valve
• troponin levels and pregnancies
• Heart attack, stroke, or both?
• Palpitations and other symptoms
• pulmonary hypertension
• CAD secondary to smoking
• Should I be concerned?
• echo and bigeminy
• Questioning Diagnosis
• A Message From Med Help to all forum Participants
• Multiple Bigeminys
• Cyst in chest cavity - not sure if right place to ask!
• 36 y/o husband w/ dilated aorta - scared
• Heart pains/twinges after pacemaker surgery
• Joga training
• Fish Oil Revisited-Friend or Foe??
• Lowering cholesterol
• Effects on heart rate
• Follow up tests to abnormal ekg
• plaque in retina
• aortic valve w/ acendinganeurysm
• ABNORMAL EKGS
• Questions on Aspirin Therapy
• Extreme Nervousness when visiting Doctors?
• new symptom
• Need Help
• VSD
• Why is Alcohol Bad for the Heart?
• heart rate
• EKG Normal... Still worried
• what could this be?
• Echocardiogram
• Shooting pains on right side of head and chest pains
• MED HELP NEEDS YOUR HELP
• Palpitaions
• Help Please
• Stress EKG results
• Chest Discomfort
• CABG followup
• chronic dizziness
• aortic dissection associated with AS
• PVCs
• Cardiac Symptoms in Women
• Numbness and fatigue
• What to do?
• Re: A few questions please
• This happened to me...
• Heavy Beating / Palpitation
• Left Bundle Branch Block
• a quick question
• Bordeline Left Atrial Abnormality EKG
• PVC
• to stent or not to stent?
• Further to my post 1/8/2004
• dizzyness
• PVC's and Medication contiued
• A couple questions
• Cholesterol and TriCor



• Q&A from 2003
• Low diastolic pressure
• Ultrafast CT Scan with 2 very different diagnosis
• Blood tests
• non sustained v-tach question
• medication questions
• Anxiety Disorder and Cardiac Symptoms
• Collaterization of arteries
• Increase in skipped beats post ablation concerns
• Near Fainting (vomit, turning white, cold sweat, thrist, very tired)
• Exercise with regurgitating aortic valve
• can injury to left arm cause chest pain.
• Med question. Does this combo seem safe?
• Ventricular Septal Defect - VSD
• Undiagnosed Chest Pain
• Exercising in cold weather
• Angina--what to do next?
• Requirments of Cardiologist
• Wild heart rate fluctuations when exercising - Is this a concern?
• heart skips
• Angiogram
• rounded shape to heart
• x-ray shows rounded heart
• General Information
• Heart Monitor
• High Cardiac Output
• Surely this pounding isn't normal
• Cholesterol § Statins
• Could this be related to my previous condition
• possible left ventricle enlargement
• VEINS IN NECK ARE PROMINENT
• afib episode
• aortic insufficiency
• Pregnancies causing problems? Conflicting things
• chest pains possibly pericarditis
• Anxiety
• Cholesteral Management Ventricular Ectopic Beats
• After Angioplasty
• Not feeling right
• Could I really be having heart trouble at my age?
• Aortic valve repair
• levoxyl and exercise intolerance
• Arrythmias and Other Heart Symptoms - Perhaps due to Mystery Auto-immune Disease
• chest pain and pain left arm
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pre Aortic Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
• Strange episodes after bypass
• orthostatic hypotension
• Is Lipitor Indicated?
• Results of EKG
• What more can I do?
• chronic sinus tachycardia
• Heart Pounding and Difficult Breathing
• Complications after by pass surgery
• EKG and Stress test results
• STRESS
• heart tests
• Enlarged Ventrical? Help
• Stroke after an Accident
• Why PAC's in morning?
• Skipped Beats, PVC's etc.
• iv drugs
• Another PVC Incident
• Please Provide Suggestions
• pet scan
• Continuation Of Long QT syndrome
• Possible Long QT or CAS
• ejection fraction
• Abnormal T-Waves
• MTHFR
• Inverted T waves
• No answers?
• Marfans and Dilation of Aorta to 5.5cm
• Physical Exercise and heart pounding, shortness of breath
• Overcoming low HDL
• cardiac problems and diplopia?
• heart pain
• Vasovagal (Neurocardiogenic) Syncope
• pet scan
• trans fat
• Weird symptoms
• Chest Pain § Shortness of Breath
• PVCs and Pain
• Too many questions and no answers
• Fluctuations of heartrate
• could this be from a bicuspid aortic valve?
• Back and chest pain
• breathing causing some fast beats
• Blocked electrical passage?
• Racing heartrate at times
• PostPartumCardiomyopothy or not?
• memory loss after bypass surgery
• heart murmur and echo
• Palpitations, Gas, Stress, and a murmur (at birth)
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Heart is higher
• Walking as exercise w/beta blocker
• Any course of action
• Toprol and Metabolism
• AORTIC BISCUPID AND EXERCISE?
• Follow-up question on timing of valve surgery
• skipped heartbeat
• Value of UltraFast CT
• Elevated Heart Rate
• heart flutters
• Am I just paranoid?
• Prolonged Elevated Heart Rate After Activity
• Brain damage after Thoracktomy
• please help
• Pulmonary Hypertension/echo estimate
• Menopause, the heart, and high blood pressure
• Sleep issue/heart-dextracardia
• Normal Cholesterol High Triglycerides
• Top normal inferior vena cava, right atrium, pulmonary artery pressure
• Chest pain and throat pain
• Vague heart problems
• Neurocardiogenic syncope
• low blood pressure, palpations, seizures
• Reference previous Q re: Coumidin
• Fen-Phen Echo Results
• Mitreal Valve Prolapse
• any new information?
• Coumadin
• Patent Foramen Ovale § Migraines
• Iron
• V- tach
• Aorta Enlargement
• Heart skips



• Q&A from 2002
• Fetal Sounds
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Is this worth pursuing?
• Surgery on Carotid Artery
• leaky heart valve
• Related gastritis
• problem with exercise tolerance
• Heart palpitations
• Pain in chest of child 10yrs old
• Echo
• PVC's in my 10 year old daughter
• 5 weeks of fever out of the last 10 and continuing....
• C-reactive Protein
• MED HELP NEEDS YOUR HELP!
• Pulse Rate ?
• A little pain and numbness
• Circulation Problems and Heart Health
• General Questions about Pac's Pvc's heartrate
• question about nuclear stress test interpretation?
• echo results
• chest pain in my 20's
• follow up?
• heart skips
• Inverted T Wave
• monitoring and how often?
• Pain and Discomfort after heart attack - DESPERATE FOR HELP!
• Functional heart murmer
• left ventricle dimensions
• chest ,arm and jaw pain
• Reversed T Waves During Surgery
• heart tests
• Fainting - Is this a problem?
• Antiarrythmics Medications
• Diffuse Coronary Spasm
• Concerned - cold pale hand/s, shivers, discomfort.
• External pacers 'arcing' above me. HELP !!!
• Left Bundle Branch Block and PVC's
• Nitro Patch
• What Should I Do
• left atrial myxoma
• Potential ARVD
• the drug coudamin use and trade name
• PVCs/Sore Chest Muscles and Airborne Chemicals
• Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Environment Temperature
• Searching for a Cardiologist
• Audible clicking noise
• Exercised induced PVC's since 1980
• Hypertrophy and PVCs
• rapidly changing heartrate
• Cardiac Cath Results
• Heart Catherization
• Mix bag of symptoms!
• strange chest feeling in the morning
• Chest Discomfort
• Estimated left ventricular ejection fraction of 44%
• Stress Test Needed?
• Heart Palpitations getting weaker?
• Heart Rate, Skipped Beats,Tests, Exercise
• heart moniters
• Chest Pain, PVCs and Stress
• Heart stopping during syncope
• Echo Results
• Ross Procedure and Results
• Identifying Symptoms
• symptons
• Medication
• Enlarged Ventricle
• Expected total cholesterol levels
• Exercise and symptoms...
• Abnormal EKG
• medication and pregnancy
• afib in teen
• Pain between my shoulder blade
• Can Sore Chest Muscles be Associated with PVCs
• Chest Pain related to Epigastric Hernia?
• Ablation of the Bundle of Hiss
• PVC's § Cholesterol
• Is it dangerous to have tests and surgery if you have an undiagnosed heart prob?
• Is it time to see a Cardiologist for my MVP?
• Daughter with chest pain,palpations,HTN,tachycardia,PVC's
• syncope or something else???
• Pulling in Chest
• Aspirin and Ibuprofen
• Mitral Valve Surgery - Questions
• Blood Clots
• Ultrafast CT Scan
• How long can you have severe MR w/ no ill effects?
• Chest pain
• curious case of weakness
• LOW BP and Muscle weakness?
• C-reactive protein
• Enlarged Inferior Vena Cava, Right Atrium
• Hypoglycmia and palpitations
• hs C-Reactive Protein Test
• Weird symptoms
• dyspnea
• Heart Rate
• muscular skeletal chest pains
• Blood Pressure and Pulse
• charlie horse in chest?
• I am so confused....
• Blood Pressure and Heart Rate
• Can a person have only 2 heart valves?
• Fluid around the heart
• myocarditis associated with lupus
• What's next for my Afib?
• Heart attack? Agina? Weird episodes
• Pounding Heart
• Heart Spasm
• Why the occlusion
• Heart Catherization
• another ? about normal echo
• Constrictive Pericarditis Severe - Cont.
• normal echo after two abnormal ekg
• high homocysteine/weird heart symptoms
• Constrictive Pericarditis...severe
• A couple of questions
• High cholesterol in 12 year old grandaughter
• question
• anxiety or heart problem?
• Is a 24hr Holter monitor a good test ?
• Tachycardia
• Need Help
• wife has chest pain
• WPW



• Q&A from 2001
• Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• Aortic Regurgitation
• Heart Beats
• Shocking the HeartI
• irregular heart beats????
• Autonomic decompensation syndrome
• Patent Foreman Ovale
• Vasovagal
• supraventricular complexes
• Dilated card Tachycardia
• Artificial Heart Valve
• Worried about my heart health
• THANK YOU and HAPPY THANKSGIVING
• What are the chances of abnormaility?
• Pain in Left Center of chest, Shortness of breath, Numbness in Lft Leg and face
• Aortic valve replacement and visual disturbance
• BORN WITH HEART ON THE WRONG SIDE
• breathing trouble....could it be heart?
• enzymes
• Any Thoughts?
• Patent Foramen Ovale
• Dilated hypokinetic or dilated globally hypokinetic left ventricle\ EF=42%
• Vitamin K and blood clotting
• what is my problem?
• Medicine question
• PPH and Fen-Phen
• heart pain
• Short of breath
• atrial fibulation
• test results
• Cardio-respiratory problems
• Costo Condritis
• fainting
• medicine question
• Heart symptoms - a few questsion
• Is there any hope?
• Help me
• PVCs - multiple causes?
• Strange Symptoms
• Patent Foramen Ovale-Surgery to close
• What next?
• Results of my holter moniter
• Will Xenadrine agravate my WPW?
• Blood Vessel Pain in Neck
• High exercise pulse rate
• Medication for CHF patient
• What do we expect with Aortic Valve Replacement
• Verapamil Side Effects
• Lp(A) Levels - genetic blocking; can it be avoided?
• high triglycerides
• ProAmatine
• just need some answers with these test results. Can you help
• Trace Regurgitation
• Non-alcoholic beverages and cardiomyopathy
• pulmonary hypertension
• sudden fast beat
• Episodes assoc. with PVCs
• FLUID AROUND THE HEART
• Fast Resting Heart Rate and some dizzyness
• Digoxin side effects
• sharp pain
• INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION???
• Atenolo and Sugery
• max heart rates
• skipped beats
• Heart disease and Ativan
• Racing heart and high Blood pressure
• Pericarditis, Atrial Fib, and more
• feeling heart throbbing iin head
• Need help in Interpreting echo and stress rest results
• Can these symptoms be side effects??
• Side Effects of Didrex
• Bypass Question-Post Heart Surgery-Mental
• Neurocardiogenic
• Long term effects of pericarditis
• PVC and Stomach Connection?
• death due to enlarged heart
• a change in medicine
• Elevated Triglycerides
• Effects of Dialysis on Heart
• High Cholesterol in children
• Congestive heart/emphysema
• Lightheaded while exercising up and down
• Torsade
• Irregular heartbeat
• Any Suggestions
• PFO Closure or Coumadin after stroke
• were is this operation implemented
• heart problem?
• Elecrical study of heart?
• Wide heart beats



• Previous Articles
• Re: child's chest pain
• Re: Fraxiparin vs. Heparin
• Re: Turner's Syndrome heart risks
• Re: aortic heart valve replacement
• Re: Update for Dr. SGM of this Forum and thank you
• Re: Post pericardiectomy syndrome
• Re: Seeking Information for Mr.Huang's Syndrome
• Re: Irregular Heart Beats
• Re: Bypass Ever Needed Again? ?
• Re: Antibiotics for implantable assist devices
• Re: RFA & PAC's
• Re: aorta rebuild/replace operation
• Re: Aortic Valve Replacement & Antibiotics for Dental Work
• Re: CHF Primacor
• Re: life-threatening illness
• Re: Post Transplant
• Re: Swollen feet
• Re: Regurgitation in Pulmonary Artery
• Re: PVC's
• Re: Overstress
• Re: Baby girl heart disorder
• Re: Lost Stent
• Re: help me to understand this
• Re: HELP! My Mom needs info on AEORTIC DIALATION for my 18 yr old brother
• Re: coumadin and alcohol consumption
• Re: Someone is not doing their job!
• Re: Low Pulse Rate
• Re: heart transplant
• Re: Having Heart Surgery at Cleveland Clinic
• Re: Multiple AVRs and Neurological Problems
• Re: Help...something is wrong
• Re: Homocysteine
• Re: Re: Re: low body temperature
• Re: Dipyrone
• Re: low body temperature
• Re: blood clots +arthritis
• Re: Phen/Fen Heart Valve damage
• Re: 'bruised' hands and feet
• Re: LVAD
• Re: Abnormal Heart Rate
• Re: Provachol, vitamin E and Folic Acid
• Re: Premature atrial contractions/thyroid
• Re: premature atrial contraction
• Re: heart transplant rejection
• Re: Cardiomegaly S&S
• Re: Christiaan Barnard - First Heart Transplant
• Re: Coumadin and Heart Valves

Copyright © Med Help International. All rights reserved

Revised 4/27/2005