ASH

Posted By Patti on January 03, 1999 at 22:47:02:







I was diagnosed with ASH last year after having an EKG that was abnormal.  I then had a stress echo that I didn't do to well on either.  The cardiologist found some thickening of the wall of my heart.  He then did an angiogram to make sure there was no blockage.  I went for my echo this year and it has changed very little but my mitral valve is leaking mild to moderate.  I have shortness of breath with palpitations that are very disturbing.  My blood pressure is also about 140/98 most of the time; he has started me on verapamil for blood pressure.  I also have hypthyroidism.
My mother has mitral valve prolapse and her tricuspid valve leaks also.  I guess what I want to know is: Are the symptoms going to get better; the tiredness, shortness of breath, palpitations; or am I going to live with this the rest of my life?  When I had my EKG my cardiologist told me that by looking at it he would have said I had had a heart attack but that since I was only 42 it had to be something else.  Thank you for your time and sorry my letter is so long.
Patti