chest pain after stent

[lollynanda]

Had a stent placed in L main coronary artery (95% blockage) 2 months ago.  Prior to the stent I had been extremely athletic.  Even after coronary ischemic attacks which began just before the angioplasty, I passed stress test with flying colors. After the blockage was discovered thanks to a persistent PCP, and the stent inserted, I had chest pain afterwards.  Was re-catheterized, all the major arteries were given a clean bill of health, but was placed on a beta blocker.  Terrible reaction to the first one, put on a second one, and finally my cardiologist took me off that one as well.  Although I see some improvement, I still have chest "aches" on exertion.  All on the left side, below the heart,, in the side, sometimes in the back of the shoulder, and above the breast.  Can not walk at a normal pace.  Walk very slowly to control the pain.  Cardiologist suggested cardio rehab which will begin in a few weeks.  But have not heard of anyone else with such symptoms.  Don't know if I should risk walkin through the pain, or if it is a symptom that should be further pursued, and or tested.  All of my blood work, tests have come back normal so far.  Should I be concerned?  

[trunkmonk]

I had mine dec 25th, 3pm. I know you meant the 28th of 2014 or else you have something to look forward after this coming christmas. I was told I would be on the cholesterol and beta blocker for life. I went from LDL of 160 to 55 in 5 weeks after heart attack, I didnt screw around where medicine and diet made it happen. I have recently started having chest pains, I dont know if its the increased stress from work alone or combination of where I have recently been casual and not taking my meds everyday.
Im gonna be try and take it everyday and hope the pain goes away, but if it gets worse or something bad happens, i can only say I will hopefully be going to a better place.

[trunkmonk]

I had same thing, 100% blockage, 23mm stent put in LAD, been slowely recovering for 3 months now. I originally constantly had funny feeling and quirky spasms in my left chest area. they seemed to go away but recently I have a pain in my heart area, that seems to come and go, today it was all day. where it seems to be brought on by stress, I sure hope it goes away tonight and dont come back.

[ed34]

If I was you I would come off the beta blockers once you finish rehab. I spoke with a top cardiologist in London about them who said "nasty things, never use them. They have so many side effects in different people, including no sex drive".

[Gigijewelgirl]

I had my heart attack December 28, 2015. I had a 100 percent blockage in my lad. I am now the owner of a drug eluding stent. I had worked a lot of hours during December and I was extremely stressed out. I will have to admit this had been feeling bad for a long time. I had acid reflux, chest pains, and extreme exhaustion. I did not take my bloodpressure medicine everyday, because it made me feel bad at times. That was a huge mistake. The day of my heart attack I had severe face cramps and a boring pain going through my left breast. I did not sweat or vomit. I did have a feeling that something bad was about to happen. I figured it was bad acid reflux or my gallbladder. My husband and mom took me to the er. They did the EKG and to my surprise, I was having a heart attack.i was rushed to another hospital where they put in the stent. Like everyone else,  my life has changed dramatically. I am so thankful for each day I have now. Unfortunately, I still have chest pains that they say is not my heart. The medicines they prescribed me makes me have horrible gas pains and makes my acid reflux worse. I am writing this now with my chest hurting again. I guess my body has to adjust to the foreign object in it and all of these medicines. I am  a 45 year old female,non smoker, overweight, and with a family history of heart attacks from both sides. I go to cardiac rehab three times a week. This has helped me so much. I still battle anxiety and depression because of this life altering event, but I am grateful to be alive. Due to prayer and many wonderful doctors and nurses, I am still alive. I tell everyone that will listen to pay attention to aches and pains. I do not want this to happen to any of my family or friends. I pray that I will feel normal again. I have a wonderful husband, family, and friends that encourage me everyday. I am truly blessed.

[a167476]

I have been having chest pain and a lot of the same symptoms that I originally had with my heart attack back in July. Late August my Cardiologist inserted a stent for my Coronary Artery Anomaly, that was almost 100 percent blocked. Why am I still having chest pain, numbness in my left arm, fatigue, some days shortness of breath? I have not gotten any answers from my Cardiologist except to say that I am a 62 year old heart patient. Well, this is all new to me, but it seems that if I had a repair done to the anomalous artery, then why am I not fine? I just had an Echo and found out that I am in slight heart failure and I also did not pass my stress test. I did okay on the stress test, but I did not pass. I got chest pain. So I am now on Lasix and the doctor increased my Beta Blocker. Where must one go to get answers? I sure wish I knew! Is a Coronary Artery anomaly so rare that my doctor truly does not know, because I feel that he is flying by the seat of his pants.
Seems we are not alone in our pain. I truly hope and pray that you and I receive some answers soon. I will be checking back in often to see if anyone posts answers to the question.....why? I think I will also post this very comment on-line to see if get an answer.

[ermasue]

I had my first two stents put in May of last year. Then another one the first part of February this year. The doctor had placed me on Effient in May after my first stent. In December I started having heavy nose bleeds which lead to having my nose cauterized. Very painful. They took me off of the Effient since I had been on it for at least 6 months. Then, I started having pains again. Every test they ran on me in May last year and again in February this year came back normal. So they have to do a cath to find out if anything is going on. After the second stent was put in this year, I am still having chest pains. I am now taking Plavix. They did another cath last week to see if anything was wrong, but nothing showed up. This is getting so frustrating. The waiting and not knowing. I can't run to the ER every time I have chest pains. But this morning, it was so hard, I didn't know what to do. It has eased up now. They say it is not my heart. Could be hiatal hernia or ulcer. Going to have to have more tests run to see if they can figure it out.