Hi XXXXXX,
Thanks for writing in.
I am a qualified and certified cardiologist. I read your question with diligence.
Two things I can infer from your question that having 100% occlusion of one of your coronary at rather young age means you have some known risk factors (as listed below). You are looking after them well keep that up for you have to be concerned with not only recurrence of disease but for first few months for stent restenosis. Second is despite ejection fraction of 60% initially you were bothered by the symptoms of exhaustion and fatigue. Your doctor must have excluded pulmonary cause (e.g. asthma) or anemia as the cause for this exhaustion and fatigue. And if you have lost 4-5 Kg weight in a little over two months how much did you weigh before? My concern is if you are overdoing diet restriction and exercise more than what the doctor has advised you? Can you please check with your doctor's advice? I find nothing more to suggest in drugs. You can check with your doctor if any of the drug can cause side effects with the kind of symptoms you are having. For that you need thorough examination and at times investigations. (Like your liver function tests would have been done one month after starting atorvastatin). I have one more question what makes you exhausted is shortness of breath or pain in the muscles or fatigue?

I am enclosing list of risk factors for your information.

At any age, following is the list of risk factors for future development of Coronary Artery Disease. Let me enumerate and you can place yourself the risk you are carrying ('*' means you have the risk factor, '+/-' means I do not know but you could be having and about others you know better marked - for the time being):-

A: MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS
Diabetes +/-
Hypertension +/-
Smoking* now left after the episode.
Stress+/-
Obesity and Sedentary Life Style+/-
High Bad Cholesterol and Lipid Component*
Total Cholesterol above 190 mg%, LDL above 130 mg%, VLDL above 40 mg%,
Triglycerides above 150 mg%, Apolipoprotein B above reference value
Low Good Cholesterol and Lipid Component: +/-
Apolipoprotein a below reference range for the lab and
HDL below 40 mg% for man & and 50 mg% for woman
B: NON MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS
Family History 0f Coronary Heart Disease +/-
Increasing age*
Being a Man (as opposed to women) till the age 45*
If you have follow up query, I will most happy to answer. Good Luck.
With best wishes.


Dr Anil Grover,
Medical Specialist & Cardiologist
M.B.;B.S, M.D. (Internal Medicine) D.M.(Cardiology)
http://www/ WWW.WWWW.WW

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Hi there,
Thanks for replying in detail. I am impressed by your discipline in controlling your risk factors. Let me state a few things.
1. There is no evidence of stent re stenosis. If shortness of breath or chest pain troubles you on exertion that would be a sign.
2. You are doing rather too well with diet and exercise to keep BMI at 23. Let this be this much there is no further decrease we want this year. Maintain it.
3. Changeover from non vegetarian to vegetarian diet with dieting can produce micronutirients and vitamin deficiency. You can take OTC vitamin B complex supplements.
4. If there is followup clinic of post stent procedure in the hospital please get yourself in that so that you can be periodically seen by a doctor (not necessarily a cardiologist) this is important in first year of your procedure. But I must say that on your own initiative you are doing well. Good Luck.
5. You have to keep track of your modifiable risk factors with as much care you are doing right now for rest of your life. There is no psychological problem I can see you are doing better than 99% I know (after procedure). Best Wishes.
6. Keep yourself well hydrated your dizziness will disappear. If your symptoms persist you will have to be examined by a doctor.
Regards and Best Wishes
Dr Anil Grover,
Medical Specialist & Cardiologist
M.B.;B.S, M.D. (Internal Medicine) D.M.(Cardiology)
http://www/ WWW.WWWW.WW

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