Coronary Artery Spasms: Prinzmetal Angina
Coronary Artery Spasms: Prinzmetal Angina
Prinzmetal angina can cause serious damage to the heart muscle if not diagnosed and treated, and doctors are not sure exactly what causes it.
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0.03 -> it is something that many of us have
2.07 -> probably never heard of before Prince
4.259 -> metal in China it's not a heart attack
6.24 -> but it can cause serious damage to heart
8.46 -> muscle if not diagnosed and treated and
10.95 -> doctors are not sure exactly what causes
13.11 -> it we introduce you now to one woman who
14.969 -> was learning to manage this
16.199 -> life-threatening condition for Deb utter
19.59 -> ball even simple things like a family
21.75 -> card game are not something to be taken
23.91 -> for granted it's green yesterday two
27.57 -> years ago Deb woke up feeling nauseous
29.609 -> and knew something was terribly wrong I
32.899 -> text my husband who knows what I text
35.37 -> cuz he came running upstairs and I must
37.92 -> have passed out she had the blank stare
40.68 -> and she turned to ash gray then losing
43.559 -> my mind is day is something I've never
45.27 -> seen before
46.2 -> Deb was suffering the first of what
48.42 -> would be four heart attacks in two years
50.73 -> tests showed no blockage and no signs of
53.73 -> heart disease and this otherwise fit and
55.949 -> healthy then 48 year old take a deep
58.44 -> breath and Holman doctors diagnosed her
61.079 -> with prinzmetal angina her pain was
63.42 -> caused by coronary artery spasms the
66.39 -> muscles will contract constricting these
68.729 -> arteries and then limiting blood flow to
70.92 -> the muscle that it supplies my arteries
73.71 -> go into spasm and on me my body wants to
76.77 -> twist them cut off my own blood supply
78.39 -> and I usually lose consciousness when it
81.119 -> happens
81.63 -> Deb keeps the spasms at bay with a
83.82 -> cocktail of medications while it's not
93.57 -> something she wished for Deb says her
95.7 -> condition has made her family closer
97.86 -> I've learned to appreciate my kids in a
99.689 -> different way doctors say it is
106.29 -> important to know the signs of Prince
108.119 -> metal angina which may be simple or
109.89 -> similar to typical angina
112.11 -> tightness in the chest pressure
113.399 -> shortness of breath sweating or
115.259 -> palpitations those symptoms though
117.45 -> usually happen when a person is at rest
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NL6rnyHpnw