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cardiac ischemia shortness breath
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Szawaluk answered
30 years experience in Cardiology
Very possible: Shortness of breath often is a manifestation of cardiac ischemia. Although chest pain is a well known sign of cardiac ischemia , shortness of breath n ... Read More
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A 56-year-old member asked:
Dr. Calvin Weisberger answered
50 years experience in Cardiology
Shortness of breath: Cardiac ischemia is a cause of shortness of breath.
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Milstone answered
26 years experience in Pulmonology
Uncertain: The exact mechanism by which cardiac ischemia causes dyspnea is unknown. There are a number of possible reasons including 1) increased pulmonary edem ... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joshua Rovner answered
18 years experience in Orthopedic Spine Surgery
Ischemia: You should discuss this with your cardiologist who may want to get a stress test before giving you specifics.
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. James Chapman answered
40 years experience in Cardiology
Yes: Yes. It is not unusual for a patient presenting with heart attack like symptoms, to ultimately be found to have gallstones or other gastrointestinal ... Read More
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A 54-year-old member asked:
Dr. Calvin Weisberger answered
50 years experience in Cardiology
CAD: When the heart doesn't get enough blood flow it malfunctions raising the pressure in the lungs which causes increased work of breathing which produces ... Read More
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Shabbir Hossain answered
15 years experience in Internal Medicine
Effect, not cause: Shortness of breath is a symptom. It can be caused by alot of different things. Some of those things could cause sudden cardiac death. For example, a ... Read More
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Creighton Wright answered
55 years experience in General Surgery
Yes: Coronary artery disease, angina, and heart attack are a continuum of a process.
With these congestion f the lungs can occur, or blood clots can embol ... Read More
A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Alan Schimmel answered
41 years experience in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Chest pain not from : Chest pain possibly from ASHD or blocked coronary arteries. What showed possible old heart attack if this was an ekg this is not that accurate. If it ... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rifat Naghmi answered
45 years experience in Internal Medicine
Palpitations: See your doctor to rule out supraventricular tachycardia.
A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Luis Taylor answered
38 years experience in Pulmonology
Severe SOB: and chest pain are very serious symptoms. Basic in diagnoisi is doing a Chest X ray, Oxygen Sat. and Blood tests
and CT scan of the chest (if xray is ... Read More
A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered
22 years experience in Cardiology
No: Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach lining. It should not cause difficulty breathing or extra heartbeats. Upper abdominal or chest discomfort ass ... Read More
A 51-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Werner answered
43 years experience in Cardiology
SOB is SOB: The mechanism in both cases is elevated left atrial pressure with pulmonary vascular congestion so the symptom is the same:shortness of breath. How y ... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim answered
18 years experience in Urgent Care
Possibly: Pvs are extra beats and in succession can cause your complaints. You may want to get an ekg or go to the emergency room.
A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Lin answered
50 years experience in Urology
Here are some...: A 400-letter space is impossible to address many indicated subjects as questioned here. Why not type in the terms as keywords to search online? Thereb ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Frederick Tibayan answered
22 years experience in Thoracic Surgery
No: Hyperkalemia causes cardiac arrest in diastole.
A 55-year-old member asked:
Dr. Calvin Weisberger answered
50 years experience in Cardiology
Mitral regurgitation: In general no, but consult your doctor if you are having symptoms.
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Charles Glueck answered
56 years experience in Clinical Lipidology
Asthma: Exercise induced ashtma can do this. Also pulmonary fibrosis. Go see pulmonologist for evaluation.
A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rex Mahnensmith answered
43 years experience in Internal Medicine
Cv words: These all refer to cardiovascular particulars. Pectoris = Chest. Atherosclerosis = vascular wall scarring from cholesterol deposit. Coronary artery di ... Read More
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A 56-year-old member asked:
Dr. Vijay Laxmi Misra answered
21 years experience in Internal Medicine
Depends: Good question! the presenting symptoms are similar but with careful history and lab tests, it can be well differentiated.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Philip Miller answered
46 years experience in Family Medicine
Must be examined: to determine the exact nature of your palpitations. You will need an EKG and/or a 24 hour holter monitor to determine the nature of these issues as we ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Burns answered
36 years experience in Emergency Medicine
If of acute onset: And recent or ongoing now for more than a few minutes i recommend calling 911 or going as quickly as possible to the ed. No likely cardiac related bu ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Berg answered
41 years experience in Neurosurgery
Could be a few thing: You definitely need a thorough exam. Some of what you describe is often seen in Autonomic Dysfunction disorders aka (Dysautonomia). We see this alot ... Read More
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