Is this Coronary Artery Spasm?
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Hi: I was diagnosed with AFIB last October. One attack likely cold medicine induced but they put me on blood thinner and Beta blockers and I am managing that (no more attacks in almost a year thank God). But since that attack I am experiencing something new. If this is CAS then it is much more dangerous than AFIB.
It happens at nights (when I drink cold water or early morning after breakfast (when I am lying down on my left putting strain on my heart) about once a month. It starts by me having this weird feeling in my chest and stomach. Kind of tightness or burning like feeling of accidently swallowing water or a pill but I am not. I sweat sometimes too. My blood pressure suddenly rises from normal 120 to 200 in a matter of one minute. Sometimes I have fast heart beat for a few seconds then my BP gradually but fast come down to normal and the weird feeling in my chest goes away. The whole thing lasts 2 to 5 minutes maximum. Fortunately I have no pain of any kind. No angina (silent attack). It always happens at rest. I read about my symptoms and I diagnosed myself with CAS. I added CCB (Amlodipin) 5 mg to mt meds. But I read that for this condition Diltiazem is better.
Is this Coronary Artery Spasm?
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