Chest Pain and Heart Arrhytmias

[Jo587]

I have had 5 heart caths and 7 stents placed  starting Feb. 2005, 4 stents, July 2005, 2 stents,  Nov. 2006 ,(Non-Qwave myocardial Infarction) 1 stent. A blockage occured in a previously placed stent. I have heart arrhytmias and chest pain several times weekly. Had a cath done in Oct. 2007 and it was clear no blockage found. What could be causing the constant angina and heart palpitations? This really scares me and my family.

[Mukesh Garg, MD]

Sometimes when you have stents placed (you have had quite a few) small branches from the main blood vessels can get occluded and may cause angina even if the stent is open. You could also be having a fast heart rate from an "arrhythmia" a kind of electrical abnormality , discuss it with your cardiologist.

[Jo587]

Wrong spelling (Cardiologist) sorry!

[Jo587]

Since I do have 7 stents and am having angina attacks, I had a heart cath in Oct.07, heart was fine at that time , are these 100% accurate? My last visit to cardiolgist 4-16-08, I had an angina attack in the office visit and I am told I will need a stress test and I have taken these before and they showed nothing and 2 weeks later I'm rushed in emergency getting stents.Why did this not show on he stress test? They are very expensive. Thank you for your help! Jo