Cholesterol
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Blockages with persistent plaque
Heart attack 9.24.19 with 3 stents. All ekg, blood work etc normal. Cholesterol was 219. Changed diet and started cardiac rehab but never felt good after and continued to have nagging chest pain. on 10.14.19 (give or take) had a stress test which...
read morelatest replyJamesPL, February 23, 2020 8:29pm EST
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What's Next??
My first post and I just got Dxed with PAD and it seems that my perriphal arteries are clogged with cholesterol @ 75% and this is on top of my liver [stage 4] cirrohisis from having Hep C. Just read that it is a common condition as it's the
read morelatest replyJB1947, February 21, 2020 2:40pm EST
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Wishing our Community a Healthy and Happy New Year!
Thank you for a great 2019 and looking forward to an even better 2020 loaded with inspiring conversations and support. Best Katie
read morelatest replymsUSworld20, January 26, 2020 12:17pm EST
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I've learned there is an easy fix
My high LDL was the root of all my heart problems and unfortunately even a HA! Luckily mine wasn't too severe and over the past few years I found living on a mostly plant based diet my LDL level can hang around 40's now as long as I stay
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, December 6, 2019 9:08am EST
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How thankful am I?
I have been pondering how thankful I am a great deal this week. The two-year anniversary of the great DVT incident of 2017 came and went in early Nov without my noticing. I was to head down in my own world and responsibilities to notice let alone...
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Concerned and Curious
I was diagnosed with CAD in 2011 and had 82 % blockage of LAD with stent, but blew out arm with radial so had to go femoral. Dr. pushed plaque with stent into small artery with heart muscle damage (isn't that heart attack?), he didn't report...
read morelatest replyBartO, November 13, 2019 6:10am EST
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Chest discomfort
I'm a 58yo Male two heart attack survivor 2007 and 2008 ,I have 5 stens, HBP ,HC CAD and COPD also Diabetes I got a heart pacemaker The micra TPS who was implanted inside the heart now I have this chest discomfort ,sometime I felt...
read morelatest replyWilliamdave, January 3, 2020 1:13am EST
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Thickening of the left ventricle of your heart
Hi all, I just had an EKG and was told I have thickening of my left ventricle of my heart. The doctor told me it could be from high blood pressue, I suffer from white coat syndrome and my pressure is always sky high when i visit the doctor. I purchased...
read morelatest replySumita, August 28, 2019 3:00pm EST
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Coronary heart disease/heavy plaque in artery
Hi...I just had a Calcuim Scoring test and it was over 900! I have been on a statin for years for high colesteral and have been relativly living a normal healthy life. My blood work has been good with all the levels accept my LDL have...
read morelatest replyBartO, November 28, 2019 7:58am EST
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How I dropped my cholesterol
I'm genetically predisposed to high cholesterol. i've aggessively dropped my stats recently. In Jan, my total chol. was approaching 300 with LDL spiking close to 150. In May I was at 110 total with LDL in the 50s. In terms...
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