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Chest pain (left side)
I am 40yr.old female. Pain on left side of chest (just under breast) began 1yr ago, sporadically, not necessarily during exercise (sometimes middle of the night), lasting for minutes to hours. Progressively more frequent. No significant SOB or fatigue. Edema in extremeties also comes and goes.
Recent ultrasound revealed 1) Hypokenisis of left AND right ventricle, 2) mild pulmonary hypertension and 3) mitral regurgitation. Initial stress test appears normal (they didn't say otherwise), yet results are not back from 2nd round (cardiolite stress test). Appt. with Cardiologist not until April 6th.
My family doctor tells me these things should not cause pain, yet that is what got me to the doctor's office in the first place. Is this a coincidence? Should I be concerned? I feel so fragile and I want to resume exercising but can't bring myself to while this pain is still here.
I should mention that I have a history of kidney disorders, which have left me with slight elevation of BP, still within the normal range but on the higher end.
Recent ultrasound revealed 1) Hypokenisis of left AND right ventricle, 2) mild pulmonary hypertension and 3) mitral regurgitation. Initial stress test appears normal (they didn't say otherwise), yet results are not back from 2nd round (cardiolite stress test). Appt. with Cardiologist not until April 6th.
My family doctor tells me these things should not cause pain, yet that is what got me to the doctor's office in the first place. Is this a coincidence? Should I be concerned? I feel so fragile and I want to resume exercising but can't bring myself to while this pain is still here.
I should mention that I have a history of kidney disorders, which have left me with slight elevation of BP, still within the normal range but on the higher end.
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HI, I had the same symptoms for almost a year, I went to a cardiologist, I had a cardiac ultrasound, and EKG, and Electro and a holt monitor for 24 hours. The cardiologist told me that nothing was "really" wrong, so I asked him for my records...all my records specially the holt monitor reading and I took it to an Electrophysioligist (specialist in reading holt monitors and EKG) and he descovered I had a condition called "Supraventricular Tachycardia" and it is cured by a surgery call "Radiofrequency catheter ablation " when the doctor goes and technically "burn"he extra Node that is causing the heart to bit FUNNY! or fast or pain in left side. I got the surgery when I was 28 years old, I am now 30 and I haven been without pain since then. This condition is very commun in people between 25 and 45 years old and the surgery is very commun too, takes 3 hours and the recovery is only 3 to 4 days!
So I recomend you guys go and look for an Electro physiologist in your area and get a holt monitor and see what this shows.
Good Luck!
So I recomend you guys go and look for an Electro physiologist in your area and get a holt monitor and see what this shows.
Good Luck!
I am a 25 yr old female that was diagnosed 1.5 years ago with Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A murmur was found before I had a splenectomy in dec 2004, but I never had any issues before that or even directly after that surgery. I went to a cardiologist and was diagnosed, but told since I did not have any symptoms, not to worry about it, so I didn't. However, this year, I have experienced palpitations and a racing heart beat at rest on occasion and have gone to the ER only to be told the same things that I already know, and that I am not having a heart attack. Recently however, (in the past 2 weeks or so) I have experienced pain in my left shoulder, near my arm pit and what feels like my breast bone. I have had a 30 day holter monitor to wear and had an echocardiogram done. I told my doctor of this pain and he is unsure what it may be. Recently also, I have been able to hear my murmur. It sounds as if a washing machine is in my chest, and I have never been able to hear it like this before. My cardiologist had little answers, but says I do not have an arrythmia (an irregular rhythm) and because I am so young he feels that my condition does not require medicine. I am just confused as to why these symptoms presented all of a sudden and where this unexplained pain is coming from? I do have other health problems, though I have been told nothing is related to this condition.
The doctor I am going to see is going
to perform a tilt test (where you are on a table and
given medication to make you pass out on purpose to see
how your heart interacts)
Hopefully it will provide answers before an
invasive procedure has to be performed.
He mentioned that alot of other things can cause
heart pain or chest pain so he wants to rule out
anything else. Has anyone else had results from the tilt
test? Thanks
to perform a tilt test (where you are on a table and
given medication to make you pass out on purpose to see
how your heart interacts)
Hopefully it will provide answers before an
invasive procedure has to be performed.
He mentioned that alot of other things can cause
heart pain or chest pain so he wants to rule out
anything else. Has anyone else had results from the tilt
test? Thanks
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