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Interventional Cardiology (Expert Forum)
angina
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Truman Medical Center
MO
Questions in the Interventional Cardiology forum are answered by medical professionals affiliated with the Truman Medical Center. Topics covered include acute coronary syndrome, angina , atrial fibrillation , cardiac catheterization , cardiomyopathy , drug abuse & cardiac disease, echocardiography , heart failure , hypertension & heart disease , lipid management , minorities and heart disease, peripheral vascular disease prevention, valvular heart disease , women’s heart health, and the warning signs of a heart attack.
angina
by sammo59, Oct 18, 2008 09:10AM
sorry i did not explain properly.i was diagnosed with angina after a stress test although all my blood and collestrial tests came back fine.i am on all the uaual tablets to do with angina and am booked in at the hospital for the caff on wednesday.there has been alot of panic to do with my case as i am very fit and have trained all my life and also work in the building trade.it took 4 weeks to diagnose angina as my collestrial was only 4.8 and my blood tests were all fine.this seems to have hit me very quickly and i have sat here for 5 weeks panicing thinking i was going to have a heart attack .did not know anything about angina thats why i asked the question i did thanks
Doctor's Answer
by Douglas Bogart, MD, Oct 20, 2008 05:30PM
, Oct 20, 2008 05:30PMTo: sammo59
You just need to follow through and get the heart catheterization.
