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Heart (Cardio) Disorders & Diseases

On this forum you can find topics about specific types of heart disease such as coronary artery disease, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, and heart failure.

Fainting, Fatigue, Abnormal breathing and heart-rate

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I am a 20 yr old female. I have passed out from pain almost every-time that I get menstrual cramps. I recently fainted though at school. I had an slightly increased heart rate but i could feel it in my chest. I started to get some pains on the right side of my chest and side and then just felt...

by User avatar ossi611

Who has benefits from Heart Defibrillators?

Hello, my grandfather is very ill. He had heart issues for a long time and that led to a heart attack. When we took him to the hospital doctors had to use defibrillators for reviving him. I would like to know who has benefits from heart defibrillators. I mean, is it used only for situations like my...

by User avatar nissa160361836

Pounding heart, heartburn, dizziness, and trouble sleeping

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I am a 27-year-old female, 120 lbs and pretty active. For the past few months I have had a problem off and on. I will lie down to go to sleep and I will be aware that my heart beat feels fast or more pwerful than usual. As I try to ignore it, I becoem very jumpy and dizzy, to the point where the...

by User avatar uhugluhu63248

WHEN IS ANGIOGRAPHY ADVISABLE

hi i have 90% blockage in one subartery. detected thru angiogram. whether this could be detected thru ct angio?. without angioplasty whether the block could be removed thru medicines. pl clarify. Prabhu

by User avatar vanitha24918

Have stent releasing the drug paclitaxel

My mother is 62 years old and she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. One of the methods in her chemo therapy was implanting stents for releasing the drug paclitaxel. Will this method help her more than a regular one and why is paclitaxel used in that stent? I worry so much for her…

by User avatar caralie202879357

Cardiac Catheterization

Hello, my father has problems with heart and doctors say he’ll need cardiac catheterization. What is cardiac catheterization? Thanks in advance!

by User avatar bundy2378

high heartbeat rate

hi.i would like to get some information about me high heartbeat rate.for the past 4 years,i realised that my heartbeat has always increased to 100 beat even when resting.the highest my heartbeat rate went up to 132 per minute.6 years ago doctor has diagonosed that i am having sinus problem.i am now...

by User avatar Theepa236188

Could hyperthyroidism be causing palpitations?

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Hi, folks. I am diagnosed hyperthyroidism several months ago. I have experienced recently some palpitations. I didn’t have any heart problems before. I wonder whether my thyroid disease could be causing these palpitations. What do you know about this? Thank you all for replying to my post....

by User avatar ertha47607

Drug relising stent

Hi, help me with my problem, or should I say with my father’s problem. He is 71 years old and has stents implanted because of the blocked coronary arteries. It looks like his lifestyle that included a lot of bad food finally got him into trouble. Anyway, he got standard stents, but I have...

by User avatar quincy8462638

Pounding heart after long exercise day. I exercise only 2-3 times a month and wanted to push harder.

It's night and I am frightened. My heart seems to pound in a strange way :( I am 26 years old, male, 175m and 87kg - a bit out of shape and slightly overweight. The main thing about me is that my fitness fluctuated in different periods of my life:- I used to do regular physical activity (twice a...

by User avatar Guest