Heart & Cardiology/Experts

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2010-02-09 24 yr old with CAD and angina?????:

About 55 years. No Doesn't sound like cardiac pain at all. Stress tests monitored by echo or radioisotopes are pretty sensitive. A negative stress test gives 95% probability of no heart attack or cardiac

2010-02-09 24 yr old with CAD and angina?????:

Dear Michael, 1. No 2. Event monitors are not ver sensitive about chest pain. 3 The most common cause of chest pain in a young person is cramping of the muscles in the chest wall. This pain can radiate

2010-02-08 34 year old with severe hypertension:

Dear Danielle, There's this rare endocrine disorder called pheochromocytoma, tumor of an adrenal gland that leads to episodes of severe hypertension. Ask your doctors if that's possible. Please

2010-02-08 SVT on Holter test:

Dear Donna, SVT is not a danger to life, just a nuisance. The only worsening possible is that an episode would last longer. AFib is totally irregular heart rhythm. You can tell it easily on a Holter

2010-02-08 Aortic dissection:

Dear Michelle, It's hard to see the arch of the aorta and the first part of the descending aorta on transthoracic echo. Tranesophageal is better, but with possible aortic dissection, maybe CT or MRI