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• I am 47 year old male, very athletic but 5 months
ago I had a heart attack/my left ventricle artery was 100% occluded/ and
2 regular metal stents were placed in my middle LAD. It was a big shock
for everybody, especially for me, since my cholesterol was 170 at that
time and even during my heart attack my blood pressure was 124/80. Plus
genetically nobody has had or died of heart attack among my relatives.
I do not eat fried or fast food so my diet was generally ok. My pain never
stopped after that- I was experiencing constant chest pressure and shortness
of breath but my doctor here did not pay any attention. He was
saying that “etiology of my pain is not known but it shouldn’t be anything cardiac
since my stress test was ok”.On 01/01/10 I ended up in the emergency room with
re-stenosis /one of the stents was clogged 99% and another stent was placed inside
of those two. This time was Xience 5- drug eluted stent that went inside other
two. The doctor started paying a little attention and even apologize that he
did not listen to me. Since then/it’s been two months/ I continue to experience
the same problems. Every day I have pain- it doesn’t matter if I exercise or
just sit in my office. The pain may start in the middle of the chest but moves
to right or left, goes to back/upper part only/ and my shoulders/. Right above
my breast bones hurt sometimes more and it is very tender to touch. Before I
had my heart attack, I have never experienced anything like that- everything
started after the stents were placed. Two days ago I went to the emergency room
again- had shortness of breath and pain in my chest and both arms. The troponin
levels were normal- the only thing was that my heart rate was elevated but I
was discharged. As of today the pain still continues. With approval of my doctor
I stopped the statin/ Simvastatin/ because thought that this could be the source
of the pain but nothing changed so far. I am taking Lisinopril, Plavix, Aspirin/325
mg/, Carvedilol plus some supplements including Fish Oil. Any suggestions or
comments will be greatly appreciated- I can not function normally? Just would
like to mention that back in 1995 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s, went through
vigorous radiation therapy and both the cardiologist and oncologist think that
this could be radiation induced heart attack. The latest CT scan showed no abnormalities.
Thank you again and sorry for the long message. Anatoly P., Renton, Washington, USA, March 13, 2010
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