Q: Hello, I’m a 55 year old woman, and a psychologist. Six years ago I was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and a cardiomyopathy. For the last 2 years, I have been getting excrutiating painful cramps that start near my armpit and go into my breast. The cramps last for about 10 to 15 minutes, my blood pressure gets …
Heaviness in my chest
Q: Hi I am a 26 year old female who is not in the best shape. I am 5’1 and about 145 pounds. I have been having slight chest heaviness on my left side of chest and left arm. It does not really hurt it is just annoying and concerning because it is constant. I was wondering if you know …
Long QT Syndrome
Q: Hi.I have many Ectopic beats, and have an Anxiety Dissorder. I read somwhere that poeple with Anxiety, Social Phobia have Longer QT intervels.Am I ate risk? Thanks.
Despite many blood tests for my elderly mother they cannot seem to get it right
Q: Hello Dr. Doctort, My 92 year old Mom has been in the hospital for heart, brain, kidney, and stomach tests. They’re having a hard time of it lowering her B.P. from around average systolic of 200. Do any of the tests that her cardiologists, intern, nephrologist, and lab perform in the hospital adequately measure levels of vitamins, minerals, nutrients, …
Pan Seared Pork Chops with sautéed Chard, Polenta and a Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Hello everyone, chef Piet here! I am very excited to make this my first official post. I have just returned from a wonderful trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, where I spent the week visiting several community food projects, urban farms and attended a seminar on Biodynamic farming. I also had the opportunity to participate in a cooking workshop.
How does ventricular fibrillation occur? What are the causes?
Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is an uncontrolled twitching or quivering of the muscle fibers of the lower chambers of your heart. During ventricular fibrillation, blood is no longer pumped out of your heart.
My doctor tells me I may have a probable MI but not to worry about it
Question: I am a 43 y/o female, 68 in, 145 lbs. Heathy, do not smoke. Chol normal except LDL 114. HDL 52. Recently had an ECG as part of a physical and the printout read Probable Anteroseptal MI, age indeterminate. The internal medicine MD said this is a normal variation for tall, thin females. He recommends no further follow …
PCI & CABG for Diabetics with 3VD
A subset of patients with diabetes and 3VD was examined in a 2nd paper in 2010.The purpose of this study from Washington State was to examine the application of revascularization strategy in this high-risk patient population of patients with diabestes and multi-vessel coronary artery disease. Specifically, it was sought to determine: the revascularization strategies employed in diabetic patients with MVD …
Why is heart disease in women different?
When still in practice, a friend of mine, diabetic, hypertensive and a smoker developed chest pains walking in the cold and going upstairs. When seen in the ER, the cardiologist disagreed with my diagnosis of angina and CAD. After pleading with him, he agreed (reluctantly) to go ahead and schedule a cardiac catherization. A while later he called me that, …
What are the best vitamins and supplements for a healthy heart?
Many people take vitamins and supplements to boost their heart health. Here are some of the supplements that may benefit your heart include: Fish oil Plant sterols Niacin Fiber (psyllium) Red yeast rice Green tea extract B-Complex vitamins (B6, B12, folic acid) Coenzyme Q10 Policosanol