rec.ntly found LAFB

I JUST HAD CARPAL TUNNEL SURGERY YESTERDAY, AND IN THE EKG DONE IN THE HOSPITAL PRIOR TO SURGERY THEY  TOLD ME IT SHOWED "LEFT ANTERIOR FASCICULAR BLOCK".  THEY SAID NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT UNLESS ITS SOMETHING NEW.  WELL IT IS NEW.  I DONT THINK IT SHOWED UP ON MY LAST EKG WHEN I HAD CARPAL TUNNEL SURGERY LAST FEBRUARY ON MY OTHER HAND.  THE FUNNY THING IS THAT FOR ABOUT THE LAST MONTH OR SO I'VE OCCATIONALLY NOTICED A RUMBLING OR VIBRATING SENSATION IN MY CHEST ON MY LEFT SIDE UNDER MY LEFT BREAST AREA, MOSTLY WHEN I EXHALE.  I HAVEN'T BEEN TO SEE MY FAMILY DR ABOUT IT YET.  I'M NOT REALLY HAVING PAIN, OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH, BUT HAVE NOTICED MORE FATIGUE LATELY.  I'M A 59 YR OLD FEMALE, MILDLY DIABETIC AND ON METFORMIN.  ALSO, ON METHOTREXATE & FOLIC ACID FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.  

HOW SERIOUS IS ALL OF THIS?  I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST I HAVE A FUNCTIONAL HEART MURMUR, BUT NOTHING MORE SPECIFIC.  THE FEELING OF VIBRATION IN MY CHEST IS WHAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I'M NOT ASTHMATIC OR ANYTHING THAT I KNOW OF.   I WILL BE SEEING MY FAMILY DR SOON, BUT WOULD LIKE MORE INFO FIRST.  THANKS.


This discussion is related to Left Anterior Fascicular Block.