Micro vascular angina

[Saltwaterman]

Hello everyone, I have just spent 3 days in hospital due to increasing episodes of chest pain , laboured breathing and palpitations. ECG and bloods were unchanged but they said the angina was unstable. Had an angiogram yesterday which showed all the arteries and previous stents were clear thankfully. Talking to the Dr he did say it was possibly due to the blood vessels too small to show up. My ICD has recorded a couple episodes of VT, but of real concern. He's added Ezetimibe to my cocktail as my cholesterol shot up to 6.6 recently with no change to my diet. I'm hoping this might, overtime, reduce the angina symptoms. Any helpful advice on managing symptoms beyond gtn spray which has minimal effect would be hugely appreciated. Thank you 🙏

[Saltwaterman]

Edit to the above: the VT was non sustained and of No real concern! Oops

[Milkfairy Heart Star]

Hello,

Microvascular angina is an often overlooked and a poorly understood type of angina.

It tends to effect women more than men.

The other less common cause of angina without obstructed coronary arteries is vasospastic angina.

I suggest you ask to be referred to Cardiologist who has some expertise in caring for patients with Microvascular and vasospastic angina.

It's important to have the appropriate testing to determine the cause of your chest pain.

It is now possible during an angiogram to assess if the small vessels and coronary arteries are functioning properly.

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[Saltwaterman in reply to Milkfairy]

Thank you, I was looking forward to your reply as they are always so well informed. This is a very new development in my health journey and I'm hoping that if I can get to the route cause of my symptoms that it will ease my wife's anxiety. I'm going to do a fair amount of research and am pretty certain I'll be seeking more feedback in the near future.

[Milkfairy Heart Star]

I really hope you are not going to be joining me in the non obstructive coronary artery disease club!

There has been an growing interest in NOCAD since my diagnosis nearly 10 years ago.

Much more research done.

It's a good first step having the condition recognised, as Microvascular angina is so often overlooked.

You might find this website helpful. Packed full of the latest research articles.

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