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Clogged Arteries
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I was wondering what are the symptons of clogged arteries? Is a stress test used to determine that? If your arteries are begining to clog can this reverse with diet and exercise?
Also they say the vagus nerve is related to a lot of pvcs, if this is so why dont they have a medication that will "relax" your vagus nerve to stop these horrible things??
Thanks so much!
I was wondering what are the symptons of clogged arteries? Is a stress test used to determine that? If your arteries are begining to clog can this reverse with diet and exercise?
Also they say the vagus nerve is related to a lot of pvcs, if this is so why dont they have a medication that will "relax" your vagus nerve to stop these horrible things??
Thanks so much!
Hi, I know you are not the doctor. I am having echo's every month due to a heart event. Echo's were normal prior to this A-FIB heart event a few months ago. Post event they now show a gradient of 50, then 40 and then 30 and the last two are stuck at 18mmHG. Still shows dynamic LVOT obstuction due to SAM. These echo's are in the cardio's office with a tech who has been doing them for 8 years. She tells the doctor the results and he tells me. (he is an echocardiographer doctor) Can errors be made on these Echo's and perhaps a gradient is really not seen? My EF is always >60%. Thanks, Echo Tec. I am scheduled for another Echo in 2 weeks. Getting weary of all these echo's. Also, would a TEE be more definitive. Again, I know you are not the doctor but I do value a Good Tech's expertise. Thanks
I was wondering also if the echo could show blockages, wouldn't your blood flow be low if
there were blockages?
My husband had a heart attack 7 weeks ago, he had a cath and was 100% and 80% blocked. He showed no symtons, no s.o.b. tiredness, nothing. Had a thallium stress done less than 3 years ago and a stress done within the last year, he passed them both, no problem.
The cardio told us because he was in such good physical state is the reason he showed no symtons. He woke up at 1 a.m. with severe chest pain, I called 911 and he passed out. I am not certain about these tests. I know other people who had false neg. and false positive with these tests.
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there were blockages?
My husband had a heart attack 7 weeks ago, he had a cath and was 100% and 80% blocked. He showed no symtons, no s.o.b. tiredness, nothing. Had a thallium stress done less than 3 years ago and a stress done within the last year, he passed them both, no problem.
The cardio told us because he was in such good physical state is the reason he showed no symtons. He woke up at 1 a.m. with severe chest pain, I called 911 and he passed out. I am not certain about these tests. I know other people who had false neg. and false positive with these tests.
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I believe there is only one affirmative way to verify clogged arteries and that is a heart cath..
i do go to a cardio group and they did the test, would not go to just any dr for my heart. darn pvc/pac just wont go away so tomorrow going to wear a month long event montor see whats up with them . but i know that when my acid reflux is bad they seem to be worse and lots more of them, sometimes i wonder if its just spasms from that and not the heart but other times i have the stronge beat after the flutter so guess they come together. have had them over 20 years were not bad but since acid reflux came to live with me they want to be there to keep it company, so learning to deal with it all over. hope all has a pap free day
DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU HAVE A STRESS TEST? I'VE HAD 3 ALL DIFFERENT KINDS AND THEY FIND NOTHING. ALL THREE WERE DONE BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THEY SAY PAIN AND SYSTOMS ARE ANXIETY. MY BLOOD TEST COME BACK GOOD. THANKS!!!!!
Ther are many signs of clogged arteries including, but not limited to: chest pain, back pain, left and sometimes right arm pain, a sense of doom, profuse sweating for no reason, jaw pain, shortness of breath, chest pain with activity that goes away when you sit down, tiredness, etc. There are several different kinds of stress tests that can be used to detect clogged arteries, along with a catherization where they inject dye into your coronaries and see if there are any blockages.
You can help control clogged arteries with diet and exercise, but it is not something you can cure. There maybe other factors that are causing your clogged arteries, but without knowing a lot more information, it would be just guessing.
As far as PVCs, that's out of my realm of expertise.
For yellowrose, I hope you are seeing a cardiologist for some management and not letting your primary doctor act as a cardiologist. My personal opinion is that if you failed the treadmill, you need to see a cardiologist and not let the primary doctor run the show. There have been multiple times over my career that I have seen general practioneers try to practice cardiology, and invariably that patients seem to suffer and have a much less desirable outcome. One case that comes to mind is a patient that had chest pain 10 years ago and his doctor put him on nitro pills. Nitro pills are good in when used on conjunction withseveral other therapies and procedures, but this was his only treatment. this patient only had nitro pills and the end result was that by the time a cardiologist saw him, there was nothing to do except to try to amke him more comfortable. Intervention years before by acardiologist would have in great probility extended the quality of life and the years he had on this planet. This is my personal lay opinion and is not that of a board certified cardiologist.
Always remember, you pay the bills, so you are the boss. You can tell the doctor what to do with how you want to pursue your treatment. It pays to see a specialist.
You can help control clogged arteries with diet and exercise, but it is not something you can cure. There maybe other factors that are causing your clogged arteries, but without knowing a lot more information, it would be just guessing.
As far as PVCs, that's out of my realm of expertise.
For yellowrose, I hope you are seeing a cardiologist for some management and not letting your primary doctor act as a cardiologist. My personal opinion is that if you failed the treadmill, you need to see a cardiologist and not let the primary doctor run the show. There have been multiple times over my career that I have seen general practioneers try to practice cardiology, and invariably that patients seem to suffer and have a much less desirable outcome. One case that comes to mind is a patient that had chest pain 10 years ago and his doctor put him on nitro pills. Nitro pills are good in when used on conjunction withseveral other therapies and procedures, but this was his only treatment. this patient only had nitro pills and the end result was that by the time a cardiologist saw him, there was nothing to do except to try to amke him more comfortable. Intervention years before by acardiologist would have in great probility extended the quality of life and the years he had on this planet. This is my personal lay opinion and is not that of a board certified cardiologist.
Always remember, you pay the bills, so you are the boss. You can tell the doctor what to do with how you want to pursue your treatment. It pays to see a specialist.
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