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Dr Siadati I feel was a GOD send as the surgery that I had was life threatening. I was  emergency care flighted to the hospital. Upon examanation on myself by the doctor diagnostic data: CT scan of the brain available from Harris Southwest shows an 8 mm of shjft Impression: Acute on chronic subdural hematoma Medical Decision -Making The history ls somewhat unusual.

After our wonderful trip to Texas and Arizona my Mom thought she would give us another kind of adventure.  Hospitals are foreign territory to me, I don’t like much being in them but I’d rather visit patients than BE one!

A Personal Account of All the Details © Edward G. Roberts Introduction Peripheral vascular disease (PVD), also called peripheral artery disease (PAD), usually afflicts people over age fifty. PVD refers to any disease of the human circulatory system not involving the brain or heart.

What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)? Some people call a transient ischemic attack (TIA) a mini-stroke, because the symptoms are like those of a stroke but do not last long. A TIA happens when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or reduced, often by a blood clot.

A really snazzy new invention allows doctors to see inside their patients’ hearts as never before: the CT angiogram. It produces gorgeous 3-D video images of the beating heart in action. It allows us to see the blood flow through the heart’s chambers and it shows any plaque in the coronary arteries.

I am now the proud owner of a third one. The experience of getting there was quite difficult. Let me briefly re-cap. At the end of March this year, I went on holiday to Florence, and after a routine meal in a restaurant, suddenly found myself breathless while walking back to the hotel, and was relatively breathless for the rest of the holiday.

Second Opinion : By DENISE GRADY Apart from its sadness, Tim Russert’s death this month at 58 was deeply unsettling to many people who, like him, had been earnestly following their doctors’ advice on drugs, diet and exercise in hopes of avoiding a heart attack. Mr.

Two becomes three … Although I can write about it now, I have been ‘internally speechless’ for days (if that makes sense). On Tuesday I underwent an angioplasty, a wonderful little ‘routine procedure’ (all ghastly medical things are called ‘routine procedures’ by the smiling doctors executing them) for unblocking my arteries.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Women suffer from “atypical” symptoms and “invisible” blood vessel blockages that may explain why they often receive less treatment for heart attacks than men, a study said Tuesday.

For any non-regular readers, there are two important things that you need to know in order to appreciate this post. The first, is that about three weeks ago I had a minor heart attack and spent a week in hospital (see The English Patient (1) and The English Patient (2)).