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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Shanthi.E
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Dr. Shanthi.E

General & Family Physician

Exp 17 years

Dr. Saisudha Kotla
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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Nagamani Ng

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Activity After Widowmaker

Premium Questions

Dr.  Shoaib Khan MD

my 67 year old brother had a widowmaker heart attack last sunday he is still unconsious today tuesday but stable according to hospital. He moves around a little has brain activity opened his eyes ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shoaib Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

I just had my second follow-up echo& stress test after a "widowmaker" MI in XXXXXXX 2013. Luckily it only showed minor hypo-ischemic damage, but I'm concerned about the Ejection Fraction at 45-50 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Lilit Baghdasaryan MD

In feb 2015, survived a widowmaker heart attack and had a stent placed in my LDA. Since then .... This week, after experiencing chest pain for several weeks, did an angiogram and my RCA was blocked 100 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Lilit Baghdasaryan ( Cardiologist)
Dr.  Monish De MD

Can you help read Pet Scan results? Head/neck... interval resolution of activity within left level 2 lymph node. Stable linear focus of activity in right sternocleidomastoid muscle . Consistent with ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Monish De ( Oncologist)
Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

Doctor said my heart was at 40% after my heart attack ( stent put in, had a pump in the ICU for 2 days, told it was the widowmaker). I have done cardiac rehab, changed my diet, taken meds on time, and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Hemant Kumar MD

Hello, I went to my regular family physician after I had a large blood workup done and he sat me down and told me I had The Widow Maker....needless to say I was aghast and wondered how that happened ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hemant Kumar ( Cardiologist)
Dr.  Sagar Makode MD

why is LAD called the widowmaker? My husband had a stent put in the lad of his heart after a mild heart attack. It was said that was a widowmaker place. I was wondering about it. The blockage was in... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sagar Makode ( Cardiologist)
Dr.   Ashakiran S MD

my husband recently had a widowmaker heart attack but a sent was place and blood flow restored. There was fairly major damage to the heart. Tonight he mentioned that in the past few days he has been ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashakiran S ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Shinas Hussain MD

My Mom had a stent put into her large cardiac artery (Widowmaker) yesterday. She is now home and having extreme difficulty breathing without any chest pain. She also says that she s heard someone asking ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Moe Zafarani MD

I am a 40-year-old, obese white male with CHF (EF = roughly 30). I had a widowmaker (100% LAD blockage and 90% RAMUS blockage, treated with stents) at 34 and now am on Tikosyn. I also had an ICD put in ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Moe Zafarani ( Cardiologist)