leg pains and cramps while resting

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Q: My leg pain comes and goes mainly at rest or driving . Have been on simvastatin tired  pravastatin for problem was told to stop until pain goes away has not in 3-weeks .  but the next trial will be crestor . should i ignore pain and treat cholesterol? The pain is in my left leg/ right leg has gotten …

Aspirin Therapy

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Q: I have been diagnosed with coronary artery disease with elevated cholesterol, slightly high blood pressure and angina. I’ve had the treadmill stress test, echocardiogram and ekg. I have an MET level of 8. I am taking metoprolol (100mg time release), Lipitor (10mg) and low-dose aspirin. The doctor told me to take 2 aspirin tablets daily. Would this be most …

Long QT, A Fib and PVCs

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Q: I am 52 years of age and have had paroxysmal AF for the past 16 years for which I have been prescribed Sotalol to be taken when required. Recently I had an ECG that showed a QTc of 464 and my cardiologist referred me for a number of tests including an Echocardiogram, a stress test and ambulatory monitoring. I …

Diet and LDL

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Q: I’m 28, I don’t take medications, I weight 146 lbs, my blood pressure is 110/70, and my height is 5’10. Before my diet, my LDL was 185mg/dl, my HDL was 55, my VLDL was 20, and my total cholesterol was 259. Since my father developed heart disease at age 60 I went on a low fat vegan diet. After …

RBBB and palpitations

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Q: I have RBBB, and occasional PVC’s, sometimes during exercise. Should answer 1 say ‘or you have PVC’s with right bundle branch block morphology on EKG’?? Could you tell me, are there PVC’s with a left and right bbb morphology (and which is visible on the EKG?) The first answer scared me a little bit, to be honest. Sometimes I …

Pulmonary stenosis

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Subvalvular (Right ventricular outflow tract) Valvular Supravalvular (pulmonary truncus) Peripheral (at the bifurcation) Peripheral in the pulmonary artery Isolated PS occurs with a frequency of 9% of all congenital cardiac abnormalities and, combined with other cardiac abnormalities, with a frequency of nearly 21%. All forms lead to an obstruction of blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries. …