Q: I have been taking Avalide for the past two years since I was diagnosed with hypertension. I believe it was brought on by my new high stress job. At 50, although overweight, I always ate healthy and was active, and my readings were high normal until my new job, when they got high, and I began to have the …
ECHO test results show high normal pressure in my lungs
Q: 39 year old female, had echo done and need more answers with he results: Mild tricuspid regurgitation with top normal pulmonary pressure.(estimated at 31 mmHg). Low normal left ventricular systolic function 50- 55%. What does this all mean? Is there a heart condition I should be concerned about and can you the pressure up?
Occasional Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
Q: I am 43, thin & healthy. I had one 12 hour bout with afib and all heart tests say perfectly normal…My bp is low and that was 4 yrs. ago…since I had 3 or 4 small 2-4 min. bouts and got myself calmed down and back to normal beat…these have all been during adrenaline or high stress times(like jogging …
More about atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia. There is no single cause of atrial fibrillation, although it is associated with many conditions: