What is ‘-ve nstemi’?

[DoraDora59]

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.

[firstlight40]

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.

[DoraDora59 in reply to firstlight40]

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

[firstlight40 in reply to DoraDora59]

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

[DoraDora59 in reply to firstlight40]

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.

[Qualipop in reply to DoraDora59]

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.

[DoraDora59 in reply to Qualipop]

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.

[Qualipop in reply to DoraDora59]

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

[DoraDora59 in reply to Qualipop]

That’s comforting. Thank you very much.