Cleveland Clinic  
Male, 33
Cleveland - OH

Male face flushing
Nov 17, 2008 06:20AM in the Heart Disease Expert Forum
Were you checked for carcinoid syndrome and for pheochromocytoma. These are the cardiovascular conditions that cause flushing. Of course there are many others, but I think you endocrinologist would probably cover those. The fact that you are having other symptoms in the belly would point me towards carcinoid syndorme. A simple blood test can rule it out. ...
leg leaking
Nov 17, 2008 06:15AM in the Heart Disease Expert Forum
there may be some leakage. most of it probably isn't blood, instead it is edematous fluid mixed with blood. Once the swelling in his legs goes down, the leakage will definitely slow down and ultimately stop. Occasionally, we see infected graft sites, they usually have a malodorous smell and tend to hurt as well as leak serous fluid. Patients may also have...
upper stomach pain
Nov 16, 2008 09:53AM in the Heart Disease Expert Forum
Some patients after cabg surgery develop hiatal or abdominal hernias. That's what this sound like to me. Also, keep in mind that some of the vagal nerves that control gastric and intestinal motility run in the chest in front of the esophagus. They may have been damaged or injured. They usually recover. I don't think that this is heart failure because you...
Heart condition HCM
Nov 15, 2008 02:53PM in the Heart Disease Expert Forum
I am sure that there have been myectomies performed in the pediatric population. Being an adult cardiologist, I don't see many of them. I think that if I were this patient's physician I would try to post-pone this surgery as far as possible into adulthood. This is typically done with medications. The reason for the delay, in my mind, has to do with the fa...
rapid heartbeat upon waking and can't speak or move
Nov 15, 2008 02:46PM in the Heart Disease Expert Forum
Depending on his age, he most likely had some type of heart arrhythmia, an abnormal rhythm of the heart. The fact that it woke him up at night is suggestive of atrial fibrillaiton. He should see a physician to have further workup. he may beed to wear an event monitor and have a stress test as well as an echocardiogram.
Viral Cardiomyopathy Recovery
Nov 15, 2008 02:42PM in the Heart Disease Expert Forum
With low heart function, he will have a really hard time to keep up with the usual oxygen demand associated with exercise and exertion. This will cause him to have less stamina. Exercise in heart failure is good, it actually increases survival. Aerobic exercise is the best in heart failure and I think that martial arts qualifies under that catergory. I wo...