Angina

[christyggh]

A week ago I was in the emergency room because I thought I was having a heart attack (serve pain and radiating to my arm and jaw). They told me I hadn’t had a heart attack and I went home. I talked to a cardiologist and he put me on raxena, nitrates and a nitrate patch. I’m still having some chest pains (this the nitrate patch). Did anyone have chest pains after an angina attack? I’ve had X-rays, ekg, and ct scans done. I’m new to having angina although I’ve had mild chest pains for the last two years on and off. Thanks for any comments!

[stevejb1810]

Chest pain and angina tend to go hand in hand. My angina pain was all right side until I started using nitrates - then I got left sided pain with a vengeance (I stopped taking nitrates). Until I was hospitalised pre-op, I was on statins and bisoprolol and I had a gtn spray. My angina pain was a lot less on the medication than it was prior to that. Post triple CABG I’m on bisoprolol Ramipril aspirin and statin. And I’m angina free.