Should I Do Anything Before Christmas I Can't Get To My Cardiologist?

Posted on Sun, 27 Dec 2020

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Question : I had a stent placed on December 13th. I Started having shortness of breath Wednesday the 23rd. Because of Christmas I can't get to my Cardiologist, and probably won't be able to until Dec 28th.
Should I do anything before then?

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Please refer to the detailed answer below

Detailed Answer:
Hello

After going through the medical query I can understand your concern for your health and I would like to tell you that sudden onset of breathlessness after angioplasty should not be ignored as this could be a sign of deteriorating cardiac function or could be due to insufficiency of mitral or tricuspid valve causing leakage of that valve.

I would like to suggest you do visit a nearby ER in some hospital and get an ECG and at least an echocardiogram done to rule out any significant cardiac dysfunction.

Also I would like to know which medications you are currently taking and your recent echocardiography report.

Kind regards

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