short of breath after eating?!

[Ihatepalps2]

I have shortness of breath-usually mild--after eating. Can also have the startup of the dreaded palpitations after eating--and not always a big meal either. This doesnt happen all the time. I suffer from anxiety too..so it could be that Im just "anticipating" that the shortness of breath will occur...
or the darn palps!
Anybody else ever have this happen?

[Texheart]

what did they do about the occuled stent and did it help with your SOB.  I have a stent in the RCA (Taxus) that is now partially closed.  The Cypher stents are still open.  I too have SOB symptoms with palpitations.  I want someone to do a mini bypass around that Taxus stent..

[anacyde]

Yes.  But I also have reflux.  I don't get the burning, just feel short of air and get esophageal spasms.  Those are HORRID things.  Sometimes it kicks my palps into gear as well.  Do you have reflux?  I do notice when I keep mine under control, I don't feel the other symptoms near as much.

[franners]

Shortness of breath after eating and palpatations was my outstanding symptom for 6 months, finally when all I could eat for lunch at work was a cereal bar and had lost 13 pounds I had a cardiac cath-which showed my drug eluding stent was occluded in my LAD. It takes a lot of blood in the gut to digest food. I now eat small frequent meals.
Franners

[Carey01]

Yep -- have it right now.