Current medical status: Had normal coronary angiogram 2003, normal mri 2007, normal echo with slight mitral valve prolapse, abnormal ecg some similarities of long q t syndrome, normal electrophysiologhy test in june 2008, cholesterol below 5, stress ecg no signs of ischemia
Current medical treatment: had loop recorder implanted in June 2008, being monitored for venticular tachycardia, on nexium for haitus hernia
Your symptoms ( discomfort behind breastbone, left arm pain, pain in lower jaws, sometimes get very sweaty, pain in back, burning sensation...) could be due to a heart disorder but could also be due to a disorder outside the heart.
Such symptoms, including ventricular tachicardia, could be due to coronary heart disease (CHD) but there is no evidence that you have such a disorder. You also don't have any risk factor that can speed CHD development so it is hard for me to believe that another angiography will show something different than that in 2003.
A mitral valve prolapse (MVP) could also cause symptoms like yours but, in your case, MVP was slight.
You may want to consult a cardiologist for an expert opinion.
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