I suffered a heart attack a month ago. I am home now and fine but waiting for Drs to decide on next course of action, drugs, stents or bypass. My heart is fine, but arteries clogged. The nurse saw me yesterday and said I was fine and can start to exercise and potter about and do anything which does not cause me to puff and pant. Today I have flutters in my chest, is this anything to worry about? My pulse is 48.
Bradycardia, as applied to adult medicine, is defined as a resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute, though it is seldom symptomatic until the rate drops below 50 beat/min.
The next medical procedure is coronary angiography.
Coronary angiography is usually done in conjunction with cardiac catheterization.
Before the test starts, you will be given a mild sedative to help you relax.
An area of your body, usually the arm or groin, is cleaned and numbed with a local anesthetic. An IV (intravenous) line will be inserted into the area. A thin hollow tube called a catheter is placed through the IV and carefully moved up into one of the heart’s arteries. X-ray images help the doctor see where the catheter should be placed.
Once the catheter is in place, the dye (contrast material) is injected into the IV. X-ray images are taken to see how the dye moves through the artery. The dye helps highlight any blockages in blood flow.
February 19th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Bradycardia, as applied to adult medicine, is defined as a resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute, though it is seldom symptomatic until the rate drops below 50 beat/min.
The next medical procedure is coronary angiography.
Coronary angiography is usually done in conjunction with cardiac catheterization.
Before the test starts, you will be given a mild sedative to help you relax.
An area of your body, usually the arm or groin, is cleaned and numbed with a local anesthetic. An IV (intravenous) line will be inserted into the area. A thin hollow tube called a catheter is placed through the IV and carefully moved up into one of the heart’s arteries. X-ray images help the doctor see where the catheter should be placed.
Once the catheter is in place, the dye (contrast material) is injected into the IV. X-ray images are taken to see how the dye moves through the artery. The dye helps highlight any blockages in blood flow.
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradycardia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003876.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_angiography
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec07/ch070/ch070b.html#sec07-ch070-ch070b-205
February 19th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Call the DR.
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February 19th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
NOO drugs! none! they dont halp, some like lipitor actually trigger them! dont worry about cholerterol levels, just make sure they dont stick to the arteries (this happens if they’re damaged, from factors such as chlorine exposure and trans fats)
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