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What is ‘-ve nstemi’?

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I have just been reading my hospital discharge letter and the primary diagnosis has been recorded as ‘-ve nstemi’. Could anyone tell me what this means please.

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The NSTEMI stands for non st elevated myocardial infarction, a less serious form of heart attack. The -ve normally stands for negative. Together they would say you didn't have a heart attack. But please don't take my word for it and if you are not sure you should ask the doctor who treated you or your GP.

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DoraDora59 in reply tofirstlight40

Thank you for your reply. I will speak to my cardiologist next week when I go to have a stent put in.

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firstlight40 in reply toDoraDora59

Hope it goes well for you, I have 2 weeks to my 2nd set of stents after my NSTEMI

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DoraDora59 in reply tofirstlight40

Thank you. I wasn’t too worried about it until I read some posts on here lol. I’m just pleased to be getting it done though so that I can try to get back to fitness. Hope yours goes well too.

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Qualipop in reply toDoraDora59

Don't worry about the stents; t hey will sedate you. I was most annoyed they wouldn't let me watch the screens. First time had a bruised arm, second time not even a puncture mark.

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DoraDora59 in reply toQualipop

Thank you for your response. The procedure itself doesn’t worry me, it’s the after effects of having the stent. Some people seem to get pain from it.

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Qualipop in reply toDoraDora59

Well I've been on here for almost 3 years and never seen anyone say they had pain; a bit of discomfort maybe but mostly nothing at all. i can't even tell I have any

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DoraDora59 in reply toQualipop

That’s comforting. Thank you very much.

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