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I have the same thing. I was having lots of shortness of breath plus ache in left arm and jaw. Would only last a minute or so. My cardiologist did an angiogram after my other heart test looked just fine. He found a 95% blockage in my LAD. He said not uncommon for women to have false reading on tests. That was two years ago. I had same thing about a month or so ago and got two more stents this time on the right side of heart, never had a heart attack but blockage was very back both times. Listen to your body.
The problem is you need a doctor who agrees to prescribe. I am being seen by an Amyloidosis cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic. He comments he " doesn't know if I will develop cardiac involvement or when. My biopsy confirmed ATTR-WILD TYPE.
That's a really thoughtful and understandable frustration. The honest answer is that researchers still don't fully understand why the transthyretin protein misfolds and deposits in organs like the heart in the first place — even though it's a protein everyone has. Because the "why" isn't fully clear yet, preventive Show Full Answer
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