Re: Angina or gastrointestinal

Posted By Lynda on July 31, 1999 at 12:14:37
Hello,
I hope you can help. My brother in law is 42 & diabetic and was having chest pains ,had 2 caths , angioplasty
with a stent this past April.The vessel that the stent was put in was so tiny they were not
sure they had one small enough. The Dr. said that he would be better if it totaly
blocked because it is such a small vessel. Because of continuing angina he had another cath done
cath. It showed that in 2 months, the stent,  is blocked 70%. Vasospasm is
what they think is causing the angina now as they did before the stent. The angina has
gotten so bad that in the last 6 days he has had to take over 50 nitros. He is also on all
typical heart meds. Yesterday he went to see his Dr ,and although through it
all, they say other than this tiny vessel his heart is in great shape no damage or is in any
danger of anything life threating ,it has the Dr's baffled as to why he is having so much
angina,  These episoides  seem to come on after mild excertion ,after
he  eats and is sleeping. Now they are going to do a upper GI series to see if it is related
to something other than the heart, and not angina at all. I could go on about what did
not happen in April. My question is what could mimic these symptoms other than what he has been treated for? Thank you so much for being there.

[Nancy__0__0]

Posted By Nancy on August 01, 1999 at 09:50:30
Hi, Lynda,
I am not a doctor and this is not meant to interfere with what these great doctors tell you in regard to your brother.  However, you may want to look at a sight about esophageal reflux just for reference.  I've been checked out cardiac-wise due to chest pressure, burning in my upper chest and left arm and everything was OK.  I also had trouble swallowing which my doc said was anxiety.  As it turned out it was all esophageal reflux.  The site is:        www.gerd.com/intro/frame/frame.htm
Go down the left side of the page where the Roman numerals are and choose II, "Pathophysiology of GERD" and select "symptoms".  It talks about chest pain and the whole site explains a great deal abour GERD.  Good luck to you and your brother!










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