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Holter 24hr query results

Hi All I had a 24 hour test which showed 2 degree AV block type 11 with ventricular standstills up to 7.13 seconds. I have now been listed for a dual...

Hi All I had a 24 hour test which showed 2 degree AV block type 11 with ventric...

Gladys23

•3 months ago

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ECG results

ECG results prior to gallbladder surgery said T wave inversion V1-V3. Does this mean I have a heart problem?

ECG results prior to gallbladder surgery said T wave inversion V1-V3. Does this ...

Dingdong12

•3 months ago

1 Reply

Don't worry about feeling low

It's odd isn't it. I posted something about how great I felt 2 months on from my HA. I still do, but now I'm back in the real world, working again I realised...

It's odd isn't it. I posted something about how great I felt 2 months on from my...

baly_2023

•3 months ago

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A&E update

Hey Everyone I'm on my way home now, I had all tests came back normal. So I've been discussing. Olive is doing okay ultrasound showed no issues with Olive,...

Hey Everyone I'm on my way home now, I had all tests came back normal. So I've b...

Valentina98

•3 months ago

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HA 3 weeks ago

Hello all, Had a HA 3 weeks ago, blood clot and 3 stents inserted. Have had Angina for some years but with no ill effect, until HA. Taken off existing...

Hello all, Had a HA 3 weeks ago, blood clot and 3 stents inserted. Have ha...

20thJan

•3 months ago

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Popliteal Artery Stenting - success or nightmare?

Hi, I have developed intermittent claudication in my right Popliteal Artery just behind my right knee - pretty much where the knee bends and can only walk...

Hi, I have developed intermittent claudication in my right Popliteal Artery just...

MrsJLO

•3 months ago

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A&E visit at 5am

Hey Everyone I woke up in the middle of the night with chest pains, I used my GTN spray and took some gaviscon but nothing worked so I called Dan who was at...

Hey Everyone I woke up in the middle of the night with chest pains, I used my GT...

Valentina98

•3 months ago

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Diltiazem?

I’m being stepped away from. Disopyramide to Diltiazem- for SVT - have been taking Disopyramide for 43 years so am having concerned as one of the main side...

I’m being stepped away from. Disopyramide to Diltiazem- for SVT - have been tak...

Nanaelaine

•3 months ago

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Heart palpitations following ha and stent

Morning all. My name is James, I'm 43 and recently (Jan 11th) has a heart attack which resulted in a stent being fitted. I am on the following medication:...

Morning all. My name is James, I'm 43 and recently (Jan 11th) has a heart att...

jaylam

•3 months ago

1 Reply

Nicorandil

i have periodic AF and on pill in pocket bisoprolol but i take half of a small one daily which keeps the attacks at bay, Blood thinners, Statins lansoprosole....

i have periodic AF and on pill in pocket bisoprolol but i take half of a small o...

Nightmare2

•3 months ago

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Chronic Pericarditis

I've had Chronic Pericarditis for 14 years and PAF and Tachycardia. I've had years of Doctors and Consultants constantly down playing and Dismissing the...

I've had Chronic Pericarditis for 14 years and PAF and Tachycardia. I've had yea...

TaylorW

•3 months ago

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Aortic Murmur

Hi, just looking for support as I am 56 and thought I was fit and well until last week when the GP sent me to hospital due to murmur. I am now waiting for...

Hi, just looking for support as I am 56 and thought I was fit and well until las...

Kathryn1967

•3 months ago

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Cholesterol program

Hi, I see on my main page that there's a BHF 'lower your cholesterol' programme but when I try to subscribe to it and enter all my details, the subscribe...

Hi, I see on my main page that there's a BHF 'lower your cholesterol' programme ...

RunforMum

•3 months ago

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Are my arteries getting blocked?

I had a quadruple bypass in 2017. I have read that following a bypass things are generally okay for the next 8 to 10 years after which a potential decline in...

I had a quadruple bypass in 2017. I have read that following a bypass things are...

SirBeatalot

•3 months ago

58 Replies

Online/Meet ups for people with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy struggling with Mental Health?

Hi everyone, so my partner was diagnosed with HC when he was 14. Been in great shape and only having medication for his condition up until 2016/2017, then...

Hi everyone, so my partner was diagnosed with HC when he was 14. Been in great...

Chunkiedog

•3 months ago

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BP readings way out of kilter!

Newbie here so please be gentle if my query is in the re-inventing the wheel category. I've had elevated BP for many years and have been on Amlodipine and...

Newbie here so please be gentle if my query is in the re-inventing the wheel cat...

tcpace

•3 months ago

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Due fem pop surgery.

In May last year I started to get pain in my left calf and foot including toes.. I 65, 66 in October and am a very active non smoker. I have a BMI of around...

In May last year I started to get pain in my left calf and foot including toes.....

saturnBond66

•3 months ago

1 Reply

thicking off heart muscle

anyone any information on what this means

Delohi23

•3 months ago

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Microvascular

Hi Everyone I had my bypass September’22 Still have tightness/sweating/exhaustion /twinges all in all i feel unwell. Keep waiting to be this new woman...

Hi Everyone I had my bypass September’22 Still have tightness/sweating/exhaus...

Jackski

•3 months ago

1 Reply

MRI scan

after my MRI scan 3 weeks ago my 3 month wait for my follow up consultation with the cardiothoracic surgeon, was so disappointing the registrar called me to...

after my MRI scan 3 weeks ago my 3 month wait for my follow up consultation with...

Maxbar

•3 months ago

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CT Angiogram Result

Hello So I had a CT Angiogram 4 weeks ago. Got the result today.....no sign of coronary artery disease or angina which is good news. However a 7mm nodule was...

Hello So I had a CT Angiogram 4 weeks ago. Got the result today.....no sign of c...

Mummyoffive

•3 months ago

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87 yrs old with low blood pressure

I hope this is allowed to post as I'm looking after my elderly mother and having great trouble getting to he bottom of her problems which have been going on...

I hope this is allowed to post as I'm looking after my elderly mother and having...

Stefos

•3 months ago

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Update two day's ago I had a cardiology appointment.

As of two day's ago my HF prognosis is definitely going in the right direction. Had Cardiology appointment, results from my MRI and the confirmed results...

As of two day's ago my HF prognosis is definitely going in the right direction....

Grasshopper1976

•3 months ago

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Sleep disorders with Atorvastatin 20mg

Hi I have been on Atorvastatin 20mg for almost two weeks now. My sleep pattern was bad before but its even worse now. I am up twice in the night for several...

Hi I have been on Atorvastatin 20mg for almost two weeks now. My sleep pattern w...

Farnsworthgirl

•3 months ago

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BNP, NT-proBNP)

Has anyone had this blood test named in title .We ve Jist had letter from hospital for my husband to have it . Has anyone had results from this . I think it’s...

Has anyone had this blood test named in title .We ve Jist had letter from hospi...

Jackiesmith7777

•3 months ago

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Medication after HA

Firstly as an ex scientist who worked in the pharmaceutical industry after university a long time ago, medicines are an important, ever advancing , life...

Firstly as an ex scientist who worked in the pharmaceutical industry after unive...

baly_2023

•3 months ago

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My story

Given the start of my Seropositive RA in 2005. I had bad experiences with most of the traditional RA meds prescribed. I never really understood why doctors...

Given the start of my Seropositive RA in 2005. I had bad experiences with most o...

BEF12

•3 months ago

1 Reply

Yet another update

Hubby off sedation in the day and on it at night. Today he was moving his head from side to side and trying to get to his neck, so he's obviously now aware of...

Hubby off sedation in the day and on it at night. Today he was moving his head f...

Castleview

•3 months ago

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fon77

continue meds except the amo. See if you can add a water pill. Walk more and more.

continue meds except the amo. See if you can add a water pill. Walk more and mor...

fon7

•3 months ago

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Private cardiologist

Hi I saw your posts re private cardiologists . I am struggling with angina probably vasospastic . I was unable to tolerate meds and now I am waiting for...

Hi I saw your posts re private cardiologists . I am struggling with angina proba...

Maltise

•3 months ago

5 Replies

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All posts for February 2024

Holter 24hr query results

ECG results

Don't worry about feeling low

A&E update

HA 3 weeks ago

Popliteal Artery Stenting - success or nightmare?

A&E visit at 5am

Diltiazem?

Heart palpitations following ha and stent

Nicorandil

Chronic Pericarditis

Aortic Murmur

Cholesterol program

Are my arteries getting blocked?

Online/Meet ups for people with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy struggling with Mental Health?

BP readings way out of kilter!

Due fem pop surgery.

thicking off heart muscle

Microvascular

MRI scan

CT Angiogram Result

87 yrs old with low blood pressure

Update two day's ago I had a cardiology appointment.

Sleep disorders with Atorvastatin 20mg

BNP, NT-proBNP)

Medication after HA

My story

Yet another update

fon77

Private cardiologist

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