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Which Vessel Is Called The Widow Maker

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Dr. Anshul Varshney MD

What is the widow maker heart artery ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anshul Varshney ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

my wife has e extreme fatigue . she has a heart stent in the widow maker and is 64 years old could the fatigue be cause from the heart ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

I had a stent placed in the widow maker 6 days ago, prior to that the only symptom of heart problems was occasional shortness of breath . I had a heart attack with a 95% blockage of the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

Hello, I am 74 years old, and have A-Fib pretty much all the time. Had prior CABG of the widow maker, and later had to get Pace maker, which doesn't help with A-Fib. Having angina... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth MD

My 5 year old sons external jugular veins often pulse along the length of his neck. It is not carotid pulse but is definitely the external jugulars. They clearly become prominent and the... View answer

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Dr. A Akhuli MD

My brother-in-law was just hospitalized and my sister says he had two small strokes and they are waiting for the widowmaker. I asked her if that is what they said / called it and she said yes.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. A Akhuli ( Cardiologist)
Dr. A Akhuli MD

what heart artery is called the widow maker? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. A Akhuli ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

I am 11 months status post 2-vessel CABG ( widow maker configuration). I have begun to have chest pain that comes and goes (does not seem to be associated with anything in particular). Sometimes it... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Anantharamakrishnan MD

time......Now I am scared because I did not know this was called THE WIDOW MAKER.........I don t know ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anantharamakrishnan ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Nizar Ali MD

My mother is 80 she had a stent 2 yrs ago in the widow maker she went to doctor and cardiologist two weeks ago all reports including labs were perfect on Friday she had a double bypass on... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Nizar Ali ( General & Family Physician)