Heart condition

carmen868

New member
Hello to all, and thanks to Stem cell pioneers for greeting me on my birthday, Nov. 15. Unfortunately on that day I was in hospital. I was admitted on the 13th for my palpitations which go up to 150. The doctor was alarmed by this and from something he saw in my 2D echocardiogram so he scheduled me for an angiogram. I have had these palpitations since way back it's just that now they have increased in frequency. So after my angiogram, the doctor tells me that there are no blockages of any sort, and he attributes it to anxiety or stres but the truth is I get these attacks even when I'm not stressed or have been resting. I do not know what triggers them. There have been many moments of stress where I did not get a single one. So now they tell me I need to see an electrophysiologist - dealing with the electricity in my heart. I want to know if anybody out there has had this type of problem and what they did. I dislike having the attacks because it makes it even harder to breathe. My doctor alos said it has nothing to do with my COPD. What do you think?
 

karl wagner

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pulmonary hypertension

that sounds alot like pulmonary hypertension. It took me three years to get diagnosed.You need to google it and study the other symptoms. Go see a specialist most doctors don't even know what it is. It is very serious left untreated.Hard to diagnose. Try the potassium and magnesium supplements...karl
 
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Diane Dietsche

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Heart Condition

Hi Carmen, I experienced the same or similar symptoms and asked my pulmonologist if we should check out my heart, he sent my to a cardiologist who did an echo and came back with the recommendation that I see a specialist in Pulmonary Hypertension. I did just that and it was determined that I had mild pulmonary Hypertension that was secondary to the COPD. Like you, I have always exercised a lot and was told I had to cut back on some of the more strenuous exercising. It was not recommended that I go on any other new treatments, just make sure I use my oxygen when I am exerting myself. I hope that helps. Oh, a right heart cath was done to determine all this, in my case. Diane
 

danny

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I showed having PH on an Echo..but the right heart cath showed it was very low compared the echo was showing. An echo can't really diagnose Pulmo Hypertension. Honestly, I think everyone should take blood pressure meds that have COPD, it makes the heart not work as hard with exercise.
 

carmen868

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Pulmo Hypertension

Wouldn't PH be diagnosed by your pulmonologist? Has anyone gone to see an electrophysiologist?

Thanks...
 

Lee

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electrophysiologist

I had about the same problem you are having a couple of years ago. One morning I checked my O2 stats and found that my heart rate was around 130 and didn't go down over time. I ended up spending 3 days in the hospital while they tried to being it down, but could not. While there I met an electrophysiologist who said "you have arrhythmia and we can correct that with a Catheter Ablation " so he did a few days later at a different hospital. They run a catheter into the heart and zap the area that is generating extra heart beats to correct the problem. Have not had a problem since.
 

Jane

New member
Hello to all, and thanks to Stem cell pioneers for greeting me on my birthday, Nov. 15. Unfortunately on that day I was in hospital. I was admitted on the 13th for my palpitations which go up to 150. The doctor was alarmed by this and from something he saw in my 2D echocardiogram so he scheduled me for an angiogram. I have had these palpitations since way back it's just that now they have increased in frequency. So after my angiogram, the doctor tells me that there are no blockages of any sort, and he attributes it to anxiety or stres but the truth is I get these attacks even when I'm not stressed or have been resting. I do not know what triggers them. There have been many moments of stress where I did not get a single one. So now they tell me I need to see an electrophysiologist - dealing with the electricity in my heart. I want to know if anybody out there has had this type of problem and what they did. I dislike having the attacks because it makes it even harder to breathe. My doctor alos said it has nothing to do with my COPD. What do you think?
Heart Ablation
I had the ablation done for flutter in 2002. It worked great; however, my Cardiologist said it would not correct Fibrulation. In July 2008 after a big heart attack in March I had a pacemaker/defibrulator installed by a physiologist just like in 02; however not the same one. It has worked great. No abnormal beats. Now if I could just get my EF up from 28.
Alas-only stem cells will do that. I keep hoping that something will become available close to home in PA.
 

carmen868

New member
To Lee and Jane

Thanks Lee and Jane for sharing that with me, it gives me hope that my palpitations will go away. When I have them, like yesterday, I can't get my heart rate to go down, I have to go to bed with it and when I wake up it's gone. The trouble is I've been having them with alarming frequency and my cardiologist tells me that it's just anxiety. This is so totally untrue because I've been at my most relaxed when getting these attacks, so how can doctors say this is just psychological? Amazing.
 
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