Age: 67.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain in jaw, Stent placement, Subclavian artery occlusion
Clinical narrative: On May 14, 2021 on Friday between 02:00-03:00PM, I was working in my yard and I had a heart attack. My chest was killing me and burning all the way from center to my chest to my throat. It was hard to breath and pressure and my left jaw and my left arm from the elbow to back to my shoulder was killing me. I kneeled down for about 5 minutes and it got better. I had Nitro pills in the house but I was scared to take them. I didn't go to the hospital right away and on the following Tuesday the 18th at 08:00AM I was getting ready to go to my Urologist and all of a sudden all the same pains that I had the 14th came back and even worse. My wife decided to take me to the ER at The Medical Center. Once in ER they took you right away and did an EKG then sent me right on for a CT scan and labs. The provider made me take Nitro was after labs and that helped in just a minute or two. After the provider MD confirmed I had a heart attack they called my PCP. My PCP Internal Medical came to the ER because his office is located in Health Medical Center who prescribed isosorbide 30mg once daily, Plavix 75mg once daily, Metoprolol 25mg half (12.5 mg daily), and Lisinopril 2.5mg daily at night. I have been taking these medications since the 18th and still currently taking these medications. My cardiologist also came to the hospital and discussed having Catherization to verify what was going on. I had that procedure the next day on the 19th and it confirmed blockage the sublating artery of my left arm. The cardiologist could not put a stint in that artery so I had to see Radiologist Specialist performed the first Stint 5-20-2021. Two or three weeks later I went back and they put another 2-3 stints in. On October22, 2021 I had another heart attack and Cardiologist would not put the last 2 stints in so he got another doctor. On October 26, 2021 I went back to the ER because I had bad chest pains which was confirmed another heart attack and the doctor put another stints in one of my graphs that had been done 11 years ago. I was hospitalized again for two days discharged on 10-28-2021. I have not been back to the hospital. November 5, 2021 I went back to the hospital, I was given a Nitro pill at 05:40AM admitted at 07:00AM and they discharged me November 6, 2021. I did not need another stint but they did monitor me overnight and gave me Nitro. That was the last time I was in the hospital. I have also been doing Physically therapy for Cardio and met with a nutritionist. One thing I would like to point out is that they like to check Blood pressure before and after therapy and they cannot take my pressure on my left arm. When I was doing cardio the first three months the nurses were concerned could not get a good BP reading on my left arm. They have typed letters to the doctor regarding something being wrong. The doctor ordered another CT Scan on 02-25-2022 and I had an EKG on 03-18-2022 and the results came back Normal and everything looked good. My next follow up with Dr. on 09-23-2022 at 10:00AM. I am still having some pain in the middle of my chest. But I did have bypass surgery 11 years ago and I feel like it may be from exerting myself from working out. I have wired in my breastbone. It does get better as the day goes on.