How do you know if you are pre-diabetic?...
Dan how old are you? Do you smoke, eat fatty or high sodium foods, do you have a history of heart disease in the family? TR and MR can get worse with time. Or it may never change with time. As for...
Totally normal heart. Everyone has trace amounts of regurge in their heart valves. It's when the regurge becomes mod-sev that you should be concerned. You shouldn't loose any sleep over these...
You should bring up your concern with the cardiologist and demand to be allergy tested. I would request one of the stents that they used and tape it to your skin to see if you have a allergic...
Thank you for your kind words Happy Turtle. I'm so glad to find this forum. It is nice to share/express with like-minded people. Currently all FDA approved medical devices such as coronary artery...
I am 26, female, average weight, athletic. Recently, I was diagnosed with multifenstrated ASD/PFO. I have access to cardiologist due to my occupation. I am the girl that performs echocardiograms,...
Brokenhearted, Do you remember why the 2nd cardiologist said they could not do surgery? Were they talking about open heart surgery or a transcatheter closure device? Because your shunt is right-left...
I am 26. Recently diagnosed with multifenstrated ASD/PFO. I work with adult cardiologist at local hospital. One strongly recommends to not close the hole. Another recommends closing it. So I went to...