Can anybody who has a dual diagnosis of coronary artery disease and atrial fibrilation share their experience or offer advice ?

[albertcamus]

In November I had two stents fitted succesfully , underwent a month of cardio rehab with no problems and generally thought I was in pretty good shape. (As good as could be expected at least.)

During exercise however I still intermittently experienced some numbness in my arms and tightening of the chest. It was nowhere near as serious as the pain I felt before the stents but still it bothered me. Recently the pain seemed to get worse and I thought I better get it checked out. The upshot was that an arrythmia was diagnosed , although precisely what kind i'm yet to discover.

Has anyone had a similar experience and could you share whatever treatments you were recommended and what you have been told your prognosis is ?

Many thanks.

[Jedi14]

But what are your meds apart from aspirin?

[albertcamus in reply to Jedi14]

I don't take aspirin.

For the CAD i'm on Clopidogrel , Bisoprolol and Rosuvastatine.

Since the arrythmia was detected I take Amiodarone and Apibaxan too.

[Jedi14 in reply to albertcamus]

So after my stents, I was generally ok. Then I started to develop heart burn/chest pains and breathing problems. It got so bad, I started using the GTN spray everyday for several weeks, which helped. After finally getting to see my GP, I was sent off to hospital for more tests.

For the first time I was put on Bisoprolol. This was tohelpwith angina and AF, @ smallest dose 1.25mg/day, then report back any adverse effects - non to date! I stopped using the GTN spray ever since! I also stopped my BP meds as the Bisoprolol was also working for lowering BP and no longer take aspirin.

[albertcamus]

ok , thanks