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Answered by Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Goha

Does asthma raise heart attack risk after 40?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. There is a connection between chest problems and heart-lung diseases that may lead to elevated pulmonary pressure with right ventricular overload and dysfunction. The major cause of coronary artery narrowing, which causes a heart attack, is coronary atherosclerosis, likely due to genetic predisposition and increased incidence with risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and increased lipid profile. I hope this helps.

February 27, 2026

What could cause chest pain and shortness of breath?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Most common cause for this is costochondritis which is an inflammation of the cartilage in the rib cage or anxiety. However other causes need to be excluded. More information about chest pain is needed like character, duration, radiation, what brings it and how does it go, relation to mood, exercise or food?.

August 10, 2024

What should I do to reduce my high blood pressure?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. High BP (blood pressure) can be due to various reasons and sometimes can affect organs such as heart, kidney, etc. as well. To rule out if there are any secondary causes to your hypertension (high BP), I suggest you, to get a few additional tests and start taking medications to lower your BP levels.

December 13, 2023

I wanted to make sure if the attached EKG is good? Please comment.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. From the attached reports (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity), ECG is normal. There is no ischemia. Thank you..

July 13, 2023

Why is my mom feeling so weak and has trouble breathing?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Your mother is having dyspnea. Due to it, heart failure occurs. It is the inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood needed for the body.

June 26, 2023

Kindly explain RWMA in echocardiography.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. The echo findings of RWMA suggests that your father has coronary artery disease which means occlusion or stenosis of coronary arteries that supplies the heart, EF 50 % means the function of the heart is borderline, and their is a clot in the heart, means blood thrombus formation in the heart with main concern of detachment of some of this clot and travels through the circulation and blocks blood vessels like in the brain leads to stroke..

June 26, 2023

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