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Unexplained Tachycardia - Help!
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Aug 10 9:41am | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
I had a cardiac calcium CT for chest pain that the MD refused to even a blockage of some size in the LAD but the Calcium CT doesn’t show you the size of the blockage however it is a wonderful screening and inexpensive in the grand scheme of things sadly, not covered by insurance but only cost me $150 in NC! So all in all not bad!! Even then the MD refused further testing despite my very strong family history of heart disease, hypercholesterolemia, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, spondylo-arthritis & psoriasis, etc, I’m 52yo F that’s a retired RN with fibromyalgia and chronic pain from multiple neck surgeries and degenerative disc & joint disease so I’m no stranger to a certain level of pain ALL the time! My event monitor finally caught SVT where my kardiamobil 6L has never been able to catch it and the one time I could catch it I passed out completely. Anyway, I’m as frustrated as each of you and appreciate the sounding board!! My cardiologist asked if I had tried putting my feet up on the wall when an episode hits 👀 if I could get my feet on the wall above my head without passing out THAT would be a feat right by itself!! Shaking my head! Sometimes being your own advocate is so damn tiring!!! But what do people do that don’t have the medical knowledge? Much luck all!!
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I realized that my first sentence didn’t make much sense at all and my apologies for that! I meant to say my cardiologist at the time refused to acknowledge the chest pain as anything except anxiety and flat out refused to do a cardiac catch saying I’d need to see another physician for that because he would not perform any further testing outside a CT angiogram. That day I found a second opinion and this MD has already diagnosed me with Printzmetal’s angina and placed a ZioPatch monitor finding 4 3-4sec runs of SVT(supraventricular tachycardia) and made a referral to an EP specialist for me either have an ablation or control using medication. So anyway, it just proves that we have to advocate for ourselves and our loved ones that don’t have the medical education that some of us do have thankfully! God Bless and have a great Sunday!