Experiences with

Heart block

Today is 100 days post quad heart bypass , still have odd tired days and muscular pain after eexercises but feeling better massive thank you for all the kind advice on here and brilliant staff at St Thomas MMerry Christmas everyone

Hello everyone I think I may have not been on this forum for ages Question: After having AV node ablation the heart will still experience AF - does the damage continue to the heart even though you cannot feel the AF I have had 4 normal ablations but have not worked, I have Heart failure because

Hi All, I had a triple heart bypass 5 years ago (aged 45). Aside from fatigue from taking the various heart meds I'm doing ok (touch wood). Our company has just sent out an email informing everyone has to come into the office 4 days a week and its a mandatory requirement. I'm currently working from

After being diagnosed with afib in December 22 I have now had echocardiogram results which say I have heart regurgitation, and leaky heart valve.Does anyone know anything about this condition,

CAD (coronary artery disease) is a subset of a process disease called atherosclerosis, plaques of mainly fat build up inside arteries leading to intraluminal stenosis.. I post this one to draw attention to all of us, afibers, not trying to scare any of us. The purpose of this post is to do the right

I have had Furosemide added to my prescription due to fluid retention in my feet and ankles, due to mild heart failure associated to persistent AF. There are loads of side effects associated with it. GP says we have to monitor kidney function closely as I am stage 3CKD. Just wondered if anyone on here

Just had blood test back and all seems okay except doc says I'm low in vitamin d and has prescribed me some medication which I pick up tomorrow ,l is low vitamin d cause of anxiety and has anyone else needed them and with what results Thank you

So I first came on this forum with my Afib diagnosis and was terrified and depressed about the diagnosis and medications. I had good news from my echocardiogram as I had no damage at all. The last hurdle was a CT angiogram sadly I’ve not made it so well past this hurdle. I’m absolutely gutted to be honest

Hi, my 10 year old granddaughter had open heart surgery in September to repair 2 holes in her heart . She has come through it just fine - thank you GOSH - no issues at all really, all she wanted to do was cartwheel, she can...so she's well on her way to recovery. ....However since surgery we've noted

if you have AF ( with a family history of heart disease as I have) and start getting angina-type symptoms, don’t waste time trying to convince yourself that’s it costocondritis as I did. . Get yourself checked out with an angiogram as soon as possible. In my area it has one of the shortest waiting lists

In 2017 I had a Laminectomy for Severe Spinal Stenosis in L3/4/5. The operation was successful and for 3/4 months I was completely pain free for the first time in years! In 2018 I had a bad fall and this resulted in having a Rotator Cuff Repair which was successful but by now my spinal pain was back

I diagnosed with Flutter end of June 22 after a couple of trips to A&E. prescribed Edoxaban 30mg with Bisosporol 2.5 daily reduced to 1.25 mg daily as I already have low BP. Episodes of possible Flutter are happening at least once a week. I do have etopics apparently and one ECG showed narrow tachycardia

Has anybody experienced problems getting their INR to a level required for angiogram to be done. I am due to have one on Thursday and expected to have an INR between 2.0 - 3.0 (it's currently 4.0). My health centre and the hospital both say each other are responsible for managing my Warfarin dosing!

hi everyone I’m hopefully going in today for the operation tomorrow they are going to contact me later today regards beds so fingers crossed

Hi All,I am 51 and have been diagnosed with severe Aortic Valve Stenosis! My valve has been monitored since my 20's, I always knew that some day it would need to be replaced, however I a was not expecting the gradient of the valve to change so quickly...Diagnosis was over the phone and to be honest I

Hi everyone I hope you are all feeling well this evening That is of course as well as we can be with our dicky hearts I have severe aortic stenosis i had a angiography with dye done 3 weeks ago, a nerve wracking experience as I am highly allergic to the dye and had to be pretreated and trust they

I asked for my full CT angiogram report so I can show it to Dr Hunter before my consultation about mini maze. And unbeknownst to be it showed mild mitral valve prolapse and dilated left atrium and appendage. As well as coronary disease. I feel like I can’t get a win ! Another punch to the face so

Latest diagnosis. After been diagnosed with A fib after an emergency visit to hospital 6 weeks ago I was put on beta blockers and blood anticoagulant. After experiencing months of breathlessness. Thought I had a chest infection. No improvement! This appointment with the cardiologist I had an echocardiogram

Has anyone ever experienced a bisoprolol withdrawal which promoted a tolerance withdrawal from anxiety meds? Please help me.

I have a heart aneurysm measurement 4.9 cm so unfortunately i will have to have open heart surgery.My dad died from heart failure so they think I may have been born with it, but can anyone tell me if a heart aneurysm can make you tired, as my consultant was very vague with the symptoms and I'm