Ask a Stanford Cardiologist: Your Questions Answered

[grunder20]

I would ask her, "How is Cardiology even with the other branches of Science?"

[agapitoflores001]

Good questions, excellent answers from Stanford. Thumbs up.

[worldwings]

My 83 year old mother's two week old pacemaker sometimes "flips" on its side while laying down on her right side due to sagging breast tissue. She doesn't complain of any ache or pain and the pacemaker is functioning properly. Anything to be concerned about?

Thanks!

[MultiDany93]

My cardiologist prescribed me a IMDUR (Izosorbite Nitrate) 30mg ER. I am 68 years old. I take the pill as I awake in the morning. within 2 hr my blood pressure drops to 111/60 at one point was 98/53. Although I feel anemic I do go to GYM exercise and swim. Still that low pressure stays till 8-9pm. by 11 pm I ma back to 130/70 (same in the morning before taking a pill)

QUESTION:

1. Is taking IMDUR diminishing the affect of exercising on my body fitness and brain?

[lizzchoate]

I have had chest pain (dull ache & shooting pains) as well as spontaneous palpitations. The palpatations have been happening for about 8 years, and the pain for about 10 years. The palpatations have changed over the last few years, they used to feel like they were almost a muscle spasm directly under my skin (center chest) now they feel deeper and stronger and my heart beats hard after they occur for about a minute. They occur at rest and with activity. I have smoked for 20 years. Help please.

[bobbywashington]

Hello Dr. I have an issue I've been dealing with for many years. I suffer with panic attacks and i get rapid heart beat and bp spikes only at that time. One time in 2006 I had a severe panic attack and went into AF. I now take 12.5 attenenol a day. I need to know 2 things, 1. Should I take the attenenol before I run, or after. And 2, How fast should my heart rate get when running at a 7.0 pace on treadmill? Keeping in mind Im a 38 year old male (Afro American) and Im 207 pounds.

[TheSafecracker777]

Take the red pill

[apejaffa]

Yay!

[ohfoohy]

Harro.

[awaken69]

uhm.. don't you follow the research in your own field? nutritional fat intake, incl. saturated fats and cholesterol have NOTHING to do with heart disease. to the contrary. most recent studies show an inverse relation, if at all. the much bigger problem is the way too high carb, fructose and O-6 load, which are a huge promoter of chronic inflammation and bad lipid profile. stop spreading this outdated pseudo-science crap! begin with reading lewrockwell. com/miller/miller33.1.html

[NathanWubs]

@awaken69 Its funny how you say its is pseudo science and the list a pseudo science site yourself.

[awaken69]

@NathanWubs looks like it bothers you more WHERE some information is hosted, than if the actual statements and references are true or not. maybe you wanna contemplate a bit about that.. besides, the guy who wrote it is actually a heart surgeon himself. and what is your expertise in this field? read it, and tell me where you don't agree, instead of trolling.

[NathanWubs]

@awaken69 I read the article before I wrote the comment. I read the other article that was linked as well. That one was even more funny. Conspiracy should never be mixed in with science. Talk about science when you want to talk about science instead of political crap and then adding a nice flavor of pseudo science in it.

I do not need to give you my credentials. *points at peer reviewed papers by science community* read those. Also let him submit papers for peer review.

[NathanWubs]

@awaken69 Also another thing is that Donal Miller is one of those wonderful aids deniers that cause people to lose their lives yearly, sorry I do not deal with pseudo scientists that cause people to lose their lives.

[awaken69]

@NathanWubs well, but hopefully then you are willing to deal with the findings of stanford itself? watch this: watch?v=eREuZEdMAVo findings: a high-fat, low-carb diet is best to lower risk for metabolic syndrome and heart disease. it's also best to lose weight long term. one more of those pseudo scientists, right? oh, wait..

[NathanWubs]

@awaken69 Why thank you for the link to a real scientist. I will certainly watch it and then I will reply does that suit you well?

[mrnanovideos]

First