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@briarrose
Thank you so very much for your very informative text. It is very much appreciated.

As you pointed out. I too never heard of it before seeing the words “suspected MVD” and an arrhythmia that showed on my last ekg as mentioned in my patient portal physician’s notes. I didn’t know what MVD was. I knew I had valve issues, an occasional irregular heart beat not within my physical awareness and a normal EF score but didn’t give thought to having an artery disease when my cardiac cat scan test showed (zero) blockage in the arteries. Now I understand why at that last visit the cardiologist prescribed Propranolol, a beta blocker when I don’t have tachycardia.

I also noticed

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@briarose I also noticed becoming a bit more forgetful memory wise and attributed it to stress and normal aging. Now I know MVD can effecting the small blood vessels in your brain. UGH. Years ago suffering a bout of migraines a neurologist sent me for an MRI and mentioned white matter along with normal results, nothing to worry about. Now it all makes sense.

Hopefully the three of us can remain as a little mini support group.