char2mar
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???? So this is what I would like to know from anyone who has BAV with a dilated ascending aorta, Is the pain I am experiencing aortic pain? Shouldn't I be put on some kind of beta blockers to prevent the aorta from dilating more? (it is 3.9 cm) Is the swelling of the right side of my neck related to the aorta and could this be the beginning of a aortic dissection? Should I have a thalium stress test done? (whats the point?? if my pain is not caridio related??) Should I punch my cardiologist in the head and never come back? Should I go about my life and forget I even have a heart problem and hope that one day very soon it will all go away?
I have moderately severe AV regurgitation. My EKG shows LVH by voltage. Left anterior fascular block (conduction block) and the echo says that my LV end diastole is 53 mm and my LV end systole is 35 mm. (upper normal limits) My LV has enlarged by 2 mm since my last echo 1 month ago.
I had my first set of blood cultures done tonight. I was feverish when I got it done. Tomorrow I am going to take the day off of work and see my PCP and demand a CT scan and to see someone who is willing to sit down with me and discuss what lays ahead for me in the future.
What a pissy ass day this has turned out to be.!!!!!! Help I need a shoulder to cry on!!!! Chest pain since Nov 2, 2005 and still no definite diagnosis or treatment plain....
Char