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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to alarm anyone. I did mention in my post that it was concerning women with Chest Pain and Palpitations.
I happen to be a woman who DOES have chest pain quite often, as well as some risk factors (smoker for 20 years - quit 1.5 yr ago, both parents had bypass surgery).... but nothing was found during my tests.
So, of course, I fear that something has been missed... that I may be one of those women with the smooth, evenly distributed plaque on my artery walls that no tests were able to reveal. Or that I am suffering arterial spasms. But how to know ????
I brought up the WISE study to my cardiologist, who advised that there is no true treatment for microvascular dysfunction in women, other than taking a beta blocker, statins, aspirin, etc.
I even contacted Cedars Mt. Sinai who said I was welcome to come there, or to the Mayo clinic, for testing. But those tests sound invasive, and if it can't be "fixed", what's the point ???
So - even if I (or someone else) does have this problem - there's not a whole lot that can be done anyway. So worrying about it just doesn't do us any good.
Like it or not, many women are dismissed by doctors and ER's when concerned about cardiac health. It's just a fact. The article I read said "don't allow yourself to be dismissed if you feel it is wrong". but........
I try to tell myself this: I've had basically every test I can have, short of an angiogram, which I refuse to go through at this time because it wouldn't show smooth plaque anyway.
If I'm going to drop dead of a freakin heart attack, well - can I truly prevent it, if that is my fate? Probably not. Don't mean to sound grim, but I realize I've lost so much of my life to living in fear because of these stupid palpitations & chest pain. I need to set myself free & enjoy life again, somehow!
Again, I am VERY SORRY if I freaked anyone out :'( That truly is not my intention. I just wanted to see what RLR's opinion was on the subject.
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