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Narrowing or spastic arteries. Is there a cure???

by yabong, Oct 17, 2008 12:41PM
I was 38 y/o when problem started. Gave birth 8/30/07 w/ no complications aside fr. gestational diabetes. 6 wks later became hypertensive w/ persistent headache. MD gave Cozaar. On Nov 22 had chest pain, sent home fr. ER w/ GERD. Lab results OK. Continued chest pain, went to another hosp, EKG showed MI and troponin 8. Arteriogram showed narrowing of LAD to 20-30%. I have no risk factors. Cholesterol all good and other tests. Chest pain didn't go away w/ Nitro and versed. MD decided to put stent complicated w/ coronary artery spasm ended up putting balloon pump transferred to another hospital for emergency bypass but Cardiovascular Surgeon did not do it. Managed w/ medications and told me no definite diagnosis. Maybe Tako Tsubo or Printz Metal Angima. Have several medications but still has ongoing chest pain where I need to go back to hospital which wasn't relieved by nitro. Feb 2008, used nasal spray w/ oxymetazoline, told me it caused my spasm. Arteriogram of LAD showed still intact w/ stent w/ minimal concern of narrowing to 20% proximal  and distal part where stent was. April 2008, drank starbucks cappuchino that caused my spasm maybe? Went for second opinion in May 2008 w/ continued chest pain and jaw pain and arteriogram showed my LAD is narrowed to 80% and underwent  emergency CABG harvesting LIMA. Changed medications discontinuing Nitro,Plavix and statin. I lost so much blood fr. Plavix iI became anemic and needed to be transfused w/ 13 packs during and after surgery/ bypass. My left recurrent laryngeal nerve was paralyzed after the bypass where I choked on liquids and raspy voice which I was told was rare to happen too.  Went OK after 2 months, I got my voice back after I refuse surgery to inject my Left vocal cord .Recent arteriogram in July 2008 and everything looks good and patent including the LIMA . NO narrowing . Oct 2008, chest pain woke me up from sleep and went to ER w/ EKG and labs normal. Arteriogram showed LIMA is narrowed to 80% again and did angioplasty on my LAD where stent was. Current medications includes: cardizem CD, ramipril,metoprolol, nitro PRN, Ticlid, folic, poly-iron, aspirin, CQ10 . WHY IS THIS HAPPENING that I'm still young? WHAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM HERE! DOES ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS RARE CONDITION? PLEASE HELP!
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