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Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy prognosis
Dec 13, 2009 04:27PM in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Expert Forum
Hello Congratulations on your successful management of your problem. In terms of your prognosis, I would defer that question to your personal physicians who have the most detailed information about your condition and who have personally reviewed your diagnostic studies. From the information that you provide, you are non diabetic, nonsmoker and non hyperte...
Long QT for rate
Dec 10, 2009 12:52PM in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Expert Forum
Hello Thats a great idea to scan the ekgs. A couple things. It seems odd that your stature has always been the same (I assume) but for unclear reasons you have had symptomatic tachicardya for two years only. I assume that you feel the episodes and the fact that you did not notice them prior to this period suggests to me that they were not present. Additional...
Waist circumference
Dec 10, 2009 12:41PM in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Expert Forum
Hello That is a fantastic question. I actually had to refer to my book Your Guide to Optimal Health (www.personalwellnesswheel.com) to refresh my memory. Technically, we tell people to measure at the belly button. The waist diameters that correlate to elevated cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome are 35 and 40 inches for women and men respectively. The...
Pain in chest around heart and other symptoms
Nov 29, 2009 05:53PM in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Expert Forum
First, thank you for your service to our country. It is hard to say with certainty, but in a person in such great physical condition, it sounds like another manifestation of your anxiety. If you were seen by a doctor, they might give you on a small device to carry with you and monitor your heart rate for several days. This would confirm what happens during th...
Is this heart related? What should I do?
Nov 19, 2009 02:00PM in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Expert Forum
Hello There are a number of causes of chest discomfort ranging from heart to lung to musculoskeletal. The discomfort that you describe sounds more consistent with musculo skeletal and lung than it does to heart causes. By that I meant that it appears to be exacerbated by things like your seat belt and you describe it in areas of musculoskeletal structures. H...
atrial run
Nov 18, 2009 01:51PM in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Expert Forum
Hello Im not sure if "atrial run" is a medical term but from what your saying, I suspect that what he was referring to is multiple PACs. As you no doubt know, PACs can be be a normal variant in most people. Mnay PVCs can be normal as well when they are single. Complexes of PVCs can be more concerning. Given your combination of these pathologies, I ...