Heart attack treatment surgery medication
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Have you been diagnosed with a septal MI? This is a heart attack that causes damage to the wall separating the chambers of your heart and would present with all the classic symptoms and signs as any other heart attack, chest pain with exertion, shortness of breath, excessive sweating ect.
The treatment would depend on the source, location and severity of the blockage causing the MI. Again, is this a speculation on your part or have you been diagnosed?
There is consensus with medical community to continue anti-platelet medication after a heart attack, implantation of stents and CABG.
The good doctor from expert forum states Plavix is unnecessary and aspirin is sufficient. After a stent implant my cardiologist put me on Plavix and aspirin for a year...then dropped Plavix and continued with aspirin. There is some evidence that Plavix helps prevent restenosis with a drug eluding stent up to about a year.
The medication is very important. Did he die of a heart attack? Now, it is important for you to know your cholesterol levels, make sure that you are eating healthy. LDL levels should be 100 or below, HDL for men 40's, for women 50's, triglycerides below 150. Doctors are now recommending children as young as 2 to get their cholesterol checked if heart problems run in the family. My cousin was only 9, when it was discovered that he had coronary artery disease.
However, the contractile function of the heart can sometimes be restored after the initial treatment of a heart attack by treating the blockage(s) with medication, angioplasty or bypass surgery.
I had hypokinesis (an EF 13 to 29%) of the left ventricle 5 years ago due to an ischemic heart attack (silent) and an enlarged left ventricle. A stent in the RCA and medication returned my EF to normal, and reverse remodeling (big to normal) of the left ventricle dimension.
If the low cardiac output is due to heart muscle damage from a previous heart attack, some medication, drugs, alcohol virus, bacterium, etc., heart contractions may not improve very much. High blood pressure can cause the heart to enlarge due to additional workload of pumping against high resistance, and that can reduce contractility. With BP under control, the heart may return to normal.
Five years ago my ventricle pumping capacity was 13-29%.
When there is a heart attack heart cells are damaged by lack of oxygenated blood for a period of time. Quick treatment can revitalize stunned heart cells, but if the heart cells are dead, complete recovery may not happen.
With damaged heart cells, heart chamber walls are impaired and this causes weak contractions. Weak contraction reduces the heart's ability to adequately pump enough oxygenated blood to meet the system's demand.
I've been suffering from very severe debilitating panic attacks since I turned 20. I'm having a very difficult time trying to overcome them. The most concerning symptom to me are the very fast heart rates that come with a panic attack. I've tried different methods to dealing with them from biofeedback to exposure therapy, but have had very little progress. I am very against taking medications as I've heard about so many awful things that come with psychiatric medications.
He also learned that based on the damage to his heart that this was probably not his first heart attack. His heart muscle was so damaged and weak that at one point it was at 8% capacity. The team of cardiologists told me that they weren't sure if he'd survive a surgery. So we waited and they pumped him with meds to make his heart function better. They finally decided that they would do a high risk bypass surgery. My husband ended up getting 6 bypasses.
Hi. I am a 51 year old female who had a heart attack at age 48-100% blocked LAD, which was able to be stented. From what I am told, I am lucky to be alive. But, the doctors cannot figure out why I have heart disease. I have several other blockages, mostly between 10 to 15%, but one is at 65% and cannot be stented because of location. I also have heart failure. My heart rate is usually in the low 50's. Yesterday, I felt very sluggish and my blood pressure was 80/53 and pulse was 46.
I had my 2nd heart attack this past October. Doctors wanted to do bypass surgery. I told them no, because I have had kidney failure and will surely go back on dialysis if they do the surgery. I went to my regular cardiologist who told me we could take care of this with medicine. I have blockages everywhere in my heart from what they tell me. However, they say the muscule (heart) doesn't look as if it has had a heart attack. It looks strong.
At that time the doctor took him off plavix and then just four short months later he suffered another heart attack with much heart damage. We questioned this as he had placed two stents at the time of his first heart attack, but he said the new thinking was to stop the plavix after one year. He did no further testing or anything.
a diuretic to reduce fluids, (fluid retension causes the heart to work harder), medication to dilate vessels (relieves some work stress on the heart...reduces blood pressure) and medication to increase heart contractions enabling the heart to pump more blood into circulation with each heartbeat. This will give the heart time to recovery and the relief may reduce valve leakage.
i suffered severe heart attack 2 months ago and now doctors suggest. me bypass surgery.my main artery is working 30% and rest arteries are in gud condition.and i got natural bypass which is gud sign told me doctors butt still they suggest me surgery.is there any solution by medicines and changing lifestyle?
Can you please explain, in layman term, what attack acardia is and what is the treatment?
I have an artificial aortic heart valve. I am a non smoker and only have an occasional beer, so not a heavy drinker.
I am 63 yrs old and overweight with a very sedentary lifestyle since I also have arthritis in both knees and left ankle.
increasing doses of medication and eventual surgery with even more medication prescribed after that. I got a second opinion which generally concurred with my cardiologist's, and have acquiesced with the medical process so far. But I also feel that the process, more than anything else, has made me feel unwell, or alerted me that I should feel unwell.
And I do not see a corner ahead around which I can turn to put this Pandora's Box of symptoms behind me.
Seven years ago I had a mild heart attack and in ICU for several days with congested heart failure. I had a stent implant for a 98% blocked right coronary artery, 70% circumflex no intervention, and 100% blocked LAD. The LAD had developed collateral vessels (natural bypass) to supply blood to the area normally supplied by the LAD. I have been successfully treated with medication and today my heart has returned to normal size and effectively pumping blood into circulation.
I also had another major blockage but it was left unstented due to the reqirement of a drug eluding stent and the fact I was scheduled for neck surgery three days after the heart attack and was postponed for obvious reasons. My cardiologist insist stenting is the right way to go. While hospitalized with the heart attack my catherization site began bleeding more than anticipated and the nurse summoned a doctor- who happened to be from the bypass surgery team.
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