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Is Difficulty In Breathing And Mid Chest Pain Indicative Of Heart Blockage?
hi..my age is 26yrs..hght - 5"9' wght - 67kg.. for a month i have been suffering from breathing problem and also have a pain in mid-chest..my BP is 150/100..a kolkata based cardiologist has asked me to get admitted in nursinghome as he is doubting a 2nd degree of hrt blockage..and told me that i might need to go through angioplasty.. i wonder whether only in 26yrs of age someone can hv such problem?? should i go for another doc's opinion??
Wed, 9 Nov 2016
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for you first question can it be at a age of 26 years
yes specially if
you have a strong family history of cardiac diseases
you are a smoker
you have a sendantry life style
and many other factors
as your cardiologiost says you have a second degree heart block plus your presenting symptom is chest pain an angiography can be done to find out any blockage in heart
thought it is more advisable to initially get your serum electrolyte level checked
and get a 2d echocardiography done.
stress thallium is a test with as high as97% senitivity ,angiography is a invasive test ...so it would be better to go for a non invasive test like stress thallium earlier ...and if its positive then go for a angiography
for you first question can it be at a age of 26 years
yes specially if
you have a strong family history of cardiac diseases
you are a smoker
you have a sendantry life style
and many other factors
as your cardiologiost says you have a second degree heart block plus your presenting symptom is chest pain an angiography can be done to find out any blockage in heart
thought it is more advisable to initially get your serum electrolyte level checked
and get a 2d echocardiography done.
stress thallium is a test with as high as97% senitivity ,angiography is a invasive test ...so it would be better to go for a non invasive test like stress thallium earlier ...and if its positive then go for a angiography
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