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Had An Afib After Heart Attack. Ecocardiogram Abnormal. Put In Stent. Any Suggestions?
my husband had a heart attack 6 weeks ago and when he went to er he was in afib , we did loose him and it took 3 times with the paddles and a shot to the heart to bring him back and back in rythm, he was rushed to Syracuse NY St Joseph Hospital hospital and put stent in, heart was not damaged too bad, but his chest during the day will hurt on and off, and now gets alot of gas would this have to do with the 3 times with the paddle, ekgs are good, stress test was good, ecocardiagram showed little damage
Mon, 18 Feb 2013
Hi there,
Atrial fibrillation precedes heart attack in about 16% of cases and is a fairly common phenomenon.
The chest pain which your husband is having off and on could be due to the following reasons;
1- Local inflammatory injury on the chest due to the shocks.
(This can be confirmed by pressing on the area of chest which has pain, if doing so increases the pain, it means that the chest pain is due to the shocks delivered).
2- The chest pain could be due to Post Heart Attack Angina (simply means progression of disease).
( This can be confirmed firstly, if the pain doesn't increase by applying local pressure, if the pain is associated with sinking of heart, cold sweating, radiation of the chest pain to right arm, both arms, neck or jaw, OR if it is precipitated while walking, jogging, exertion and relieved by taking rest or by taking sublingual angised).
3- Sometimes the "feeling of gas in stomach" is another symptom of Angina.
If you have any queries further, do not hesitate to ask.
Thanks
Atrial fibrillation precedes heart attack in about 16% of cases and is a fairly common phenomenon.
The chest pain which your husband is having off and on could be due to the following reasons;
1- Local inflammatory injury on the chest due to the shocks.
(This can be confirmed by pressing on the area of chest which has pain, if doing so increases the pain, it means that the chest pain is due to the shocks delivered).
2- The chest pain could be due to Post Heart Attack Angina (simply means progression of disease).
( This can be confirmed firstly, if the pain doesn't increase by applying local pressure, if the pain is associated with sinking of heart, cold sweating, radiation of the chest pain to right arm, both arms, neck or jaw, OR if it is precipitated while walking, jogging, exertion and relieved by taking rest or by taking sublingual angised).
3- Sometimes the "feeling of gas in stomach" is another symptom of Angina.
If you have any queries further, do not hesitate to ask.
Thanks
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