Rita K asked:


I know a guy who is 44 and had a heart attack (mild one) about a month ago. He was feeling great the first four weeks, but suddenly started having minor bouts of angina the last week or so. Nothing debilitating, just tweaks of heartburn and light-headedness, but would go away with a blast of nitro spay. Is this common? Should it be a major concern, or is it part of the healing process?

Arthur

2 Responses to “Are angina attacks a month after a mild heart attack a common occurence for a male in his mid 40s?”

1. J_Lo on July 24th, 2008 12:42 pm

   The nitro spray nitrates help relieve the nitro spray nitrates help relieve.
   An effect that myocardial infarction has occured.
   An indication that myocardial infarction has occured.

2. Mrs. Doubtfire on July 25th, 2008 11:02 pm

   There is no “normal healing process”. Angina is simply the sign of deteriorating cardiac function, and will steadily get worse usually, -until another heart attack.

   A lot depends on how well the doctors can control it. If it’s “unstable angina” or can’t be controlled with nitro, then the probability is he will have another attack soon, and it depends where and when it occurs whether he’ll survive it.

   If it’s near an ER he’ll have a good chance of survival. If it’s in a field, miles from home, he won’t.

   Better by far to grab the bull by the horns and have surgery Either angioplasty, or by-pass graft.