Below you'll find a list of all posts from March 18, 2011
Question: After having a pre-surgery EKG, the surgeon told me I have an inferior Q-wave and wants to refer me to a cardiologist. I am working on making an appt so I hopefully won’t delay surgery but was very curious and a little concerned in the meanwhile. I am a non-smoker (quit 14 yrs ago when I became pregnant), non …
Q: I am a female, 38, ~5 ft, ~120 lbs. In 94 my echocardiogram said: Mild MR (+2)with eccentric posteriorly directed jet; Mild MVP – anterior leaflet bows beyond annulus plane LA. Mild anterior leaflet MVP with mild MR. Otherwise normal study. What do they mean? Should I be worried? Will they deteriorate with time? Thanks a lot for your …
Q: Hello…my husband is 36 year old white male that is 6’4″ tall and weighs about 350 which I know is a heart attack waiting to happen right there.He just starting working out & has lost about 7 lbs so far so hopefully it will help all this.So about 2 years ago he went in for a stress test & …