Heart Attack
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Surviving a heart attack.
On June 2015, I had severe chest pain on a trip to Las Vegas. I knew that I was in trouble, I told my girfriend to get me to the hospital. I passed out and woke up on the operating table. I had (2) stents put in and a long time in the ICU. I got lucky...
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Unknown heart attack
In 2019 I had a visit with my primary care doctor and she said my heart rate was low so she had the nurse do an EKG and after she read it she had to do another one and then she said I'm sending you to the cardiologist and of course I was a little
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, October 16, 2020 8:47am EST
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Low platelet count
Hi, Had HA in Aug 2018 and have been on the standard set of meds since then. My platelet count has been slowly decreasing. It started from above 200 (before my heart incident) to around 120 now. Anything lower than 150 is cosidered 'low'....
read morelatest replyEMON1, October 15, 2020 4:58pm EST
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Blood pressure bottoming out after exercising?
Yesterday, after getting back from my bike ride, my blood pressure dropped to 80/52. I've been trying to keep my BP in the range between 90/60 and 120/80, and while my BP varies considerably throughout any day, I've been consistently falling...
read morelatest replyKarlR, October 12, 2020 10:34pm EST
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Hoping to provide some motivation...
Should People with Heart Disease Exercise? New guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology recommend that individuals with heart disease should engage in a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week in addition to strength...
read morelatest replyvancet, October 9, 2020 3:43am EST
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Support Network’s Octoberfest of Encouragement and Friendship
Did you know that the Support Network & MyAFibExperience have about 25 conversation forums for survivors and caregivers of heart and stroke conditions? As I read through all the comments each day, I see similarities in all the conversations. Anxiety...
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Grapefruit, grapefruit juice and Bubly Grapefruit Sparkling Waters?
Looking for some advice from anyone on a statin, such as Lipitor, I'm not a huge grapefruit eater, I do indulge in grapefruit sparkling water, and without thinking about it bought two cases and now thinking about it.....Should I be drinking this?
read morelatest replyvancet, October 6, 2020 2:35am EST
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Takeout Troubles
My wife and I usually end up ordering (moderately priced) takeout food once per week. Post-HA, it's been a challenge to find restaurants that have any heart healthy options. So far, we've been relying on two options: (1) a seafood
read morelatest replyvinsparty, October 6, 2020 11:49am EST
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Stopping Clopidogrel ???
OK, here we go.I've been on this site quite a while (so my question is a little embarassing) I'll keep my bio short. then ask my question. Nov 2018 I had my 'widowmaker' HA complete with 3 stents. While I have continued all my meds, I
read morelatest replykmfrem, October 13, 2020 6:53pm EST
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Implantable Cardioverter Defibulator (ICD)
Does anyone have an ICD? I would like to know if it helped them or not. I had a massive heart attack about 4 months ago and only 30% of my heart is working. I have 1 stint on the left side of my heart (left Ventricle). The thing is that...
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