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Had a Heart Attack today at age ~30. Be safe guys.

AlexDavis43 said:
Call a specialist to make an appointment, when the receptionist says you need a referral, ask if someone there can give you one

I've done this a few times and usually get a callback on the same day to schedule an appointment with the specialist

...don't know what's happening behind the scenes; maybe having a referral saves the receptionist some time, but it went through insurance just the same
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My insurance allows me to self refer to any specialist except a psychiatrist. The issue is usually not the referall but how far they are booked out.
 
I'm not sure if you're on ephlerone (don't see it mentioned here) but I'd try and get it added as well. It helps with LVH regression and can potentially improve your EF by up to 5 percent.

If all else fails, India pharma is the way to go.
 
Photon said:
My insurance allows me to self refer to any specialist except a psychiatrist. The issue is usually not the referall but how far they are booked out.
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Yeah that last part fucking sucks

Sometimes I have to repeat the process with a few different providers until I can get an appointment that fits my timeline (it's inconvenient, not impossible)
 
Jankauskas said:
Would vitamin k2 ml-7 help prevent plaque ?
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It can prevent heart attacks.

Avoiding dairy products and calcium supplements is usually easier.

It's the calcium. Your heart muscles work by deporting calcium through an osmotic reaction. The blood levels of calcium need to be very precise. Too much or too little calcium, and those heart muscles stop functioning correctly.

Ever wonder why heart attacks are much less common in say, Japan, despite the highest rate of smoking in the world? This is why. No dairy products.
 
Lilpiggy said:
@Ghoul my PCP has me on 10mg atorvastatin (Lipitor) how should I approach him about switching to pitavastatin?
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Check to see if your insurance covers it and if so tell doctor that you want to switch and that you've already confirmed insurance will cover it. Seriously, most doctors go with what they think insurance won't bitch and moan about so if you do the leg work ahead of time and can tell them honestly insurance will cover it they'll prescribe it.
 
eryximachus said:
It can prevent heart attacks.

Avoiding dairy products and calcium supplements is usually easier.

It's the calcium. Your heart muscles work by deporting calcium through an osmotic reaction. The blood levels of calcium need to be very precise. Too much or too little calcium, and those heart muscles stop functioning correctly.

Ever wonder why heart attacks are much less common in say, Japan, despite the highest rate of smoking in the world? This is why. No dairy products.
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Are there any research articles to substantiate the dairy & heart attack claims that you could link? Very interested to see specifics
 
Slowww said:
Are there any research articles to substantiate the dairy & heart attack claims that you could link? Very interested to see specifics
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just study heart attack rates by country and correlate with dairy consumption. Also cross with osteoporosis.

basically, excess calcium is removed from the blood by osteoblast cells, which then build more bone with it. Like all cells, there is a finite number of times they can divide.

Once you run out osteoblast cells, your body cannot regulate blood levels of calcium effectively. And of course, your body can't repair bone, hence osteoporosis.
 
ChemBB said:
Well, it finally happened to me.

Near end of my workout today I start feeling chest tightness & pain, hard to breathe.
Go to emergency room, get told I'm having a heart attack (STEMi).

"A 99% subtotal blockage was found in the second obtuse marginal (OM2) branch of left circumflex (LCx) artery."

Likely from vulnerable plaque rupturing during the workout and the thrombosis that follows narrowing the artery.
Single-vessel disease, no other obstructive disease discovered during angiogram.

Code: 
- Impression: Inferior ST elevation microinfarction with culprit lesion of second obtuse marginal 99 percent subtotal occlusion
- Successful imaging guided primary PCI of second obtuse marginal with 3 x 20 mm Synergy stent
- Normal LVEDP
- No aortic stenosis
- Recommendation
  - Start aspirin 81 mg daily for lifelong
  - Start Brilinta 90 mg twice a day for at least one year
  - Start high intensity statin therapy for goal of less than 55
  - Obtain echocardiogram
  - Cardiac rehabilitation referral

Summary of Echocardiogram w/ contrast performed afterwards:
Code: 
- Mildly dilated left ventricle
- Moderate concentric LV hypertrophy
- Mildly reduced LV systolic function
- EF 45–50% (down from 55% post-op, plausible post-MI myocardial "stunning", expect recovery)
- Hypokinesis of inferoposterior wall
- Mild to moderately enlarged left atrium
- Mild to moderate mitral regurgitation
- Mild tricuspid regurgitation
- Mild pulmonic regurgitation

Stay safe, folks.
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Praying for a speedy recovery bubba as someone that's also dealt with drug addiction former iv user this always terrifies me. Hope all is well!

Were you perviously dealing with shortness of breath or anything? Been feelin like a little flutter in the middle of my chest and like a short breath just one tho then it passes idk what would cause that lol
 
The atherosclerosis and plaque in general is what scares me the most. Partly because of the AAS, but also because my diet was just shit (drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and fast food) for so much of my life. Our food and nutrition as a whole is trash as a society these days. Much harder to monitor than something like BP, but just as deadly if not more because so many things contribute to it.

Glad you're okay man. And thanks for sharing this so that it can refresh to the top of people's health priorities. There's so much to monitor in this lifestyle it becomes easy to let things fall down the list but heart health should always be a top priority.
 
RaddishPork said:
Glad you're okay man. And thanks for sharing this so that it can refresh to the top of people's health priorities. There's so much to monitor in this lifestyle it becomes easy to let things fall down the list but heart health should always be a top priority.
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Have you talked to anyone about heart health? There are a few dozen options to get blood pressure and cholesterol under control, and plaques can be moderately effectively stabilized. There's a standard battery of about four tests, including typical bloodwork, that can paint a really good picture, and about a four-step, non-lifestyle medical intervention path.

If this is a serious concern, you definitely should check this out. Next to no one should be dying from CVD at this point, especially not atherosclerotic.
 
eryximachus said:
just study heart attack rates by country and correlate with dairy consumption. Also cross with osteoporosis.

basically, excess calcium is removed from the blood by osteoblast cells, which then build more bone with it. Like all cells, there is a finite number of times they can divide.

Once you run out osteoblast cells, your body cannot regulate blood levels of calcium effectively. And of course, your body can't repair bone, hence osteoporosis.
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To be honest bro I live in an Asian country where nobody drinks milk, there is huge lactose intolerance and they have a worse rate of CVD related mortality than the entirety of the west or even 3rd world dairy consuming countries. Only Japan really stands out as an outlier.

CVD in Latin America ( are not developed— so poor and consume a lot of dairy) Europe, Australia and USA are lower than many Asian countries (who don’t drink almost any milk: except Japan), as well as middle eastern and African countries. So I am having trouble with understanding your comparison
 
Wow damn, reading this thread is very informative to all and it's a great idea to keep on top of heart related things to ensure the ol' ticker keeps on ticking smoothly. As I'm 61 with no real known history of heart attacks in my family, I still get an EKG and an angiogram for peace of mind roughly every year as part of my physical.

Sorry you had to go thru this @ChemBB and considering you got quite lucky as only one artery was impacted you should be able to make a great recovery. Hopefully your cardiologist would do a deep dive to determine the cause to ensure it doesn't happen again.

In this game we all should monitor our health including our hearts!
 
ChemBB said:
The insurance plan my employer provides lets me do this, I'm pretty sure.

I've always been able to pick any specialist and book an appointment without a referral if the office takes my insurance.

I was not, curious why you ask?


No, not as far as I can tell.

I've been eating the same thing every day all year pretty much:

- Cottage Cheese + Pineapple
- Chicken + Green Beans + Black Bean + Greek Yogurt bowl
- Protein shake

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How much do you spend per month on this diet? Just out of curiosity.
 
ChemBB said:
As weird as it sounds, I've had 2 other near-death experiences, and I sort of made my peace while it was happening that maybe this was the one, and if so I had a pretty good run.

This is going to sound dumb, but I was planning on competing next year for the first time and I think I'm more upset about how that's going to work now (if at all), and what my fitness/BB'ing is going to look like moving forward.

I don't really have any other hobbies/interests =/
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Sounds like this was an acute problem, no?

THe right ancillaries can go a long way in preventing death...
 
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