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arteries that look clogged

I have Raynauds and recently had a drug eluded stent placed i my artery,i may be rejecting the stent or it may be scarring. we are dpoijng an angiogram in the morning.My question is  ...is it possible that my arteray was in spazem due to stress/raynauds and mis diagnosed as clogged?
The first time i had a stent placed the cardioligist said in his re[ort that my arteries were "tiny" for a man my size and placed the smallest stent available.The second time my cardioloigist said my arteries  are normal and placed two stents to enlarge the first one which closed up.now it seems there is a problem with all three .I am trying to figure out what rtole the raynauds may be playing in all this..prior to any procedures and meds my blood levels were exceptional..triglyseriieds at 34,cholesteral at 124 i exersized 5 times a week .
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187666 tn?1331173345
I guess I threw in a vent of my own. LOL  It can be frustrating to deal with the mysterious chest pain that can't be identified. Write it off as GERD (although I eat whatever I want without a hint of indigestion) or anxiety. I will say my EP cardio is wonderful. He worked very hard to correct/improve my arrhythmias without permanently damaging my heart. It's just the other cardio that isn't too concerned. I haven't died yet so I guess it's a good sign. I can live with the blue gray hands and feet and occasional chest pain when I walk too quickly.
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interesting how people with raynauds are kind of the red headed step children of the cardio ward.Cardioligists are so intune to what they have been taught ,like a car mechanic if it doesnt happen when they can see it it doesent exsist.I think I didnt need the first stent,i now believe i was having a vasospasem which made the artery look smaller and act as if it were clogged.
Everyone that has answered has experienced some form of unfortunate reaction by profesionals that didnt take the time to research or learn that not everything is as it seems.Thats why its called the practice of medicine .Like all business I wonder what it would be like for the Dr who loses all his patients because he didnt listen,how would he pay his rent?
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237039 tn?1264258057
Irene, I'm telling you they think that the "MD" after their names means what they know and learned is the gospel truth. I am not taking anything away from these doctors, but I am saying there needs to be more research done on this.  Thanks for letting me vent!  LOL
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187666 tn?1331173345
It's hard to find a cardiologist that understands how painful vasospasms can be. If they can't see it, they have trouble believing it. Stents are pretty firm, not a lot of flex to them once they're inserted and opened up. I would think having a spasm over a solid object like that would hurt.

I also have Raynauds, get random chest pain that radiates to the back (I feel like bug pinned to a cork board), on up my neck and across my clavicles. I wore a monitor to record the events, had a stress test. I passed the stress test and so the doc figured it probably wasn't heart related. Not sure he ever looked at the monitor results. Poo.
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237039 tn?1264258057
I have wondered about this very thing myself.  I went to the ER 7 years ago with "symptoms" with my first cardiac stent.  While I was still on the table just after the procedure to place the stent in I had the most agonizing pain in my chest that went up to my cheekbones and down both arms.  I screamed out and the team looked at the monitor but didn't see anything. The doctor said it must have been my back. BULL!  It was my heart!  In 2002 I had a stent put in my iliac artery to open the blockage of blood flow to my leg.  Same thing. I had an awful agonizing spasm that ran down that leg as soon as the stent was put in.  I have Raynauds. I never had ANY type of angina until the stents. I never had any heart attacks until the stents in my RCA. Now I have had 2 without any real damage to speak of.  Last year I went to the ER thinking I was having another heart attack, but the tests didn't show any MI. I kept having the angina attacks and when I did the monitors went crazy.  I was told by the ER and ICU nurses that it was because I had moved, and the alarms were going off because of that. After it happened 3 times while I was in ICU I was finally able to convince the nurse the monitors and alarms were reacting when I had the chest pain.  She looked at the data closer and realized I was having vasospasms.  So my theory is there has to be some connection!!!! Ally
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