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What can I do

Hi, My husband had never been really I'll until, we had to down size due to the bedroom tax, so just a few months after we moved he had to have open heart...

Hi, My husband had never been really I'll until, we had to down size due to the ...

Littletickle

•6 years ago

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What can I do

Hi, My husband had never been really I'll until, we had to down size due to the bedroom tax, so just a few months after we moved he had to have open heart...

Hi, My husband had never been really I'll until, we had to down size due to the ...

Littletickle

•6 years ago

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Heart Rate

I'm now 2 years on since Cardiac Arrest and am desperate to get back running and cycling but I've been advised that my max heart rate is 109bpm and I can...

I'm now 2 years on since Cardiac Arrest and am desperate to get back running and...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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Desperate and worried

Hi we live in Greece but don’t have any insurance. My husband had an arythmia causing a heart attack du to blocked arteries. He has had 2 stents fitted and is...

Hi we live in Greece but don’t have any insurance. My husband had an arythmia ca...

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•6 years ago

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Introducing myself & advice while waiting diagnosis

Hello everyone. I'm 35 years old, live in Brighton, generally healthy, with a job I love and Dad to a little boy and now a baby brother on the way. Very...

Hello everyone. I'm 35 years old, live in Brighton, generally healthy, with a...

Matt_Brighton

•6 years ago

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Clopidagrel and aspirin

It don’t rain with me it pours as anyone had problems with bleeding from tummy or coughed up blood only I coughed a clot this morning. Look more like a...

It don’t rain with me it pours as anyone had problems with bleeding from tummy ...

Disciple5451

•6 years ago

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My journey so far.

I have Heart failure LV cardiomyopathy. I take 12.5 mg carvedilol and came of lisinopril because of diahoria. Now on ramipril have reduced to 2.5mg once a day...

I have Heart failure LV cardiomyopathy. I take 12.5 mg carvedilol and came of li...

Sueithy

•6 years ago

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Don't understand what this means...Subaortic Membrane...

I wonder if anybody knows as I am driving myself mad with worry. I am 35 years old and I have the cardiac consultant at the end of next week but had a letter...

I wonder if anybody knows as I am driving myself mad with worry. I am 35 years o...

Phoenix35

•6 years ago

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Should I be worried

For 2 months I've had an unexplained ache in my upper left arm. At first it would feel heavy especially when I walked fast etc. A month ago I came home from a...

For 2 months I've had an unexplained ache in my upper left arm. At first it woul...

Aanj

•6 years ago

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Anxiety

I am still getting episodes of anxiety post HA and Angioplasty. I am taking Atorvastatin and I can see it’s a side effect of the drug - should I ask to switch...

I am still getting episodes of anxiety post HA and Angioplasty. I am taking Ator...

Rbrealey

•6 years ago

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New here and need advice on breast bone healing.

Hi, I am 6weeks post AVR surgery. My scar is very neat but the top of my breast bone still feels sore and swollen with tightness going across the top of my...

Hi, I am 6weeks post AVR surgery. My scar is very neat but the top of my breast ...

Astromeria

•6 years ago

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Blood clot in heart

Can a slow heart rate cause blood clots in the heart that can travel to your lungs. I have a slow heart rate sometimes as low as 28 and also have constant...

Can a slow heart rate cause blood clots in the heart that can travel to your lun...

toffeecushion

•6 years ago

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Palpitations. Benign etopics

Morning everyone doing got the results of my 24 hour monitor last night it showed I had 3000 etopic beats effecting different chambers all Bengn and because I...

Morning everyone doing got the results of my 24 hour monitor last night it showe...

Disciple5451

•6 years ago

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18 months post op memory fog.

Anyone else still suffer with memory recall this far after AVR or any heart surgery? l had a very embarrassing encounter yesterday at my local surgery while...

Anyone else still suffer with memory recall this far after AVR or any heart surg...

kefalonia1

•6 years ago

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Loop recorder

I am not exactly sure where to post this and so I hope this is the proper place. I have been having dizzy/lightheaded (not room spin dizzy) spells since 2010....

I am not exactly sure where to post this and so I hope this is the proper place....

Careful1

•6 years ago

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living with atrial fibrillation

hi I have had 3 cardio versions but theN discharged with no advice, my doctor has put me on apixapan twice a day 5 mg.and 6.5mg of bisoporil but i am feeling...

hi I have had 3 cardio versions but theN discharged with no advice, my doctor ha...

nobby1st

•6 years ago

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Holiday insurance

Has anyone got details of cheap insurance for holiday as quotes costing as much as holiday to spain

Has anyone got details of cheap insurance for holiday as quotes costing as much ...

Ennis63

•6 years ago

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2 weeks to go

2 weeks to go before my AVR and have been told i can have the new Edwards resilia which is good news any tips for the two weeks i have before op many thanks...

2 weeks to go before my AVR and have been told i can have the new Edwards resil...

vinc

•6 years ago

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Heartbeat

This is not a regular occurrence but on three occasions my heart has started beating very rapidly and irregularly making me feel very strange. It then returns...

This is not a regular occurrence but on three occasions my heart has started bea...

Sollange

•6 years ago

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Echocardiogram vs rhubidium ct scan EF results

I had my HA on June 23rd two days after stent I had an echocardiogram which showed an ejection fraction of 40%. Then on the 7th of July I had a rubidium CT...

I had my HA on June 23rd two days after stent I had an echocardiogram which show...

jobe1968

•6 years ago

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Early days !!

Hi all Have just been diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis bit of a shock after 34 years in the Fire & Rescue Service! ! And so the journey starts angiagram...

Hi all Have just been diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis bit of a shock after...

Rugbymad

•6 years ago

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PALPITATIONS

When I arrived at work this morning I had palpitations for approx. one hour. Even taking deep breaths made me feel weak and standing made my legs feel like...

When I arrived at work this morning I had palpitations for approx. one hour. Ev...

michdev

•6 years ago

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5 days Post Op ............ The Journey Starts Here

Hi everyone I’m learning to know what I can and can’t do Yesterday I did my first walk down the corridor pushing a wheelchair for support then I went to the...

Hi everyone I’m learning to know what I can and can’t do Yesterday I did my fir...

Ticktock61

•6 years ago

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Reveal update

Hi guys was told today iv to have a reveal device fitted. Anyone any experience of this?

Hi guys was told today iv to have a reveal device fitted. Anyone any experience ...

Shoshov

•6 years ago

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Recovery from ASD with PAPvd operation

My mum aged 61 had an operation for ASD with PAPVD- she has only known about this condition for a year, she is 9 weeks into recovery and experiencing short...

My mum aged 61 had an operation for ASD with PAPVD- she has only known about thi...

White227

•6 years ago

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Bradycardia

Hi. 5 mins ago my BP was 111/59 and heart rate 37. I am totally exhausted. How is bradycardia usually treated?

Hi. 5 mins ago my BP was 111/59 and heart rate 37. I am totally exhausted. How i...

bee2

•6 years ago

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Anxiety?

I had a heartattack in January 90% blockage and had a stent... completed cardiac rehab and am on the last phase... however I've been experiencing pains which...

I had a heartattack in January 90% blockage and had a stent... completed cardiac...

Emilee83

•6 years ago

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Treatment for Familial Hypercholesterolemia [FH]

Hello, new to this site and was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience to me? I had a heart attack at the age of 37 and was eventually diagnosed with...

Hello, new to this site and was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience...

Wildhoney

•6 years ago

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Mitral Valve Repair 1 year Anniversary!

I'm 51 and had my mitral valve repaired exactly 12 months ago today. I'm now fit, healthy and it's hard to imagine what a struggle even walking about was like...

I'm 51 and had my mitral valve repaired exactly 12 months ago today. I'm now fit...

Shopgirl

•6 years ago

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Pitching?

Hi I am on cancer treatments and just had an echo'. I asked if all was ok to be told "I am a little concerned about your pitching". I didn't ask at the time...

Hi I am on cancer treatments and just had an echo'. I asked if all was ok to be ...

Cashmore

•6 years ago

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Posts - British Heart Foundation | HealthUnlocked

British Heart Foundation

All posts for September 2018

What can I do

What can I do

Heart Rate

Desperate and worried

Introducing myself & advice while waiting diagnosis

Clopidagrel and aspirin

My journey so far.

Don't understand what this means...Subaortic Membrane...

Should I be worried

Anxiety

New here and need advice on breast bone healing.

Blood clot in heart

Palpitations. Benign etopics

18 months post op memory fog.

Loop recorder

living with atrial fibrillation

Holiday insurance

2 weeks to go

Heartbeat

Echocardiogram vs rhubidium ct scan EF results

Early days !!

PALPITATIONS

5 days Post Op ............ The Journey Starts Here

Reveal update

Recovery from ASD with PAPvd operation

Bradycardia

Anxiety?

Treatment for Familial Hypercholesterolemia [FH]

Mitral Valve Repair 1 year Anniversary!

Pitching?

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