Low Hematocrit and angina

Posted By Linda K on July 08, 1999 at 09:41:11
My husband (has had two by-pass surgery ten years apart; last one was in September of 1997 which appeared to go well) was evaluated at Cleveland clinic earlier this year due to increasing angina, and it was determined his heart muscle was not ischemic.  After our return from Cleveland, he continued to have increasingly intense angina and shortness of breath with activity, and extreme fatigue.  Last week, he consulted our family physician who determined his hamatocrit was 27% (long term - apparently significant - bleeding hemorrhoids). He was given 2 units of packed cells, and is now on an iron medication. Since being given the packed cells, he has had no angina pain and no shortness of breath.  Is it possible the angina was related to the low hematocrit?










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