How long does it take for narrowing of the caridac arteries to occur?

Question:

Two years ago this October I had a stress test with echocardigram and it came back cmpletely clean, no build up anywhere. I went to the family Dr yesterday because I use a CPAP machine and thought it was causing the annoying little tigtness I feel in my chest. My Dr did and EKG and compared it to the one he'd done 2 years ago and showed me how now, after the big blip there's this really small down blip before it smooths out and he said that could be an indication of ischemia or not enough oxygen getting to my heart. It puzzles me that I could have any narrowing that fast. I thought it took years for build-up to occur. The only change in my diet I've made is I've been eating more protein and eggs to lose weight. I've also been exercising more, but stopped for the summer. Can anyone help?

Answers:
Can take as little as 12 months under some circumstances.

The best way to find out what is going on is to have an angiogram. Its a very simple proceedure. Have a talk to your doctor about it.

If they find a problem during an angiogram it only takes a few minutes to do a 'baloon angioplasti' to fix the problem.

Other Answers:
Stop eating the egg yolks, or at least cut them down to one yolk to every 3 eggs that you eat. Also, you should not be frying any foods.

You have to be very careful with your diet. Eggs are loaded with cholesterol (yolk) and for example red meat (common protein source in the "Atkins" like diets) is also loaded with cholesterol. In attempts to lose weight this way you are actually introducing more cholesterol and speeding up your plaque formations within your blood vessels. My suggestion is to consult with a dietician for a solid diet plan and resume your exercise plan under the supervision of your physician. Not knowing why your using a CPAP machine...perhaps your pulmonary function is also declining hence less efficient oxygen delivery to your coronary vessels which might show up as "ischemic" changes on your EKG. Follow up with a cardiologist to make sure-they might want to do a stress test. If the findings on your stress test are positive (meaning ischemic changes are seen) then they would probably schedule you for an angiogram. If narrowing or occlusions are present (depends on the degree of stenosis or occlusion) perhaps PTCA (angioplasty) or stents would be indicated to "open" those narrowed areas of your coronary vessels. Hope this helps-but certainly follow all recommendations of your physicians-they know your history best.

I think maybe you neeed another opinion, maybe from a specialist, it usually takes years and years for this stuff to build, otherwide maybe you have something that causes it to build faster. Dont just trust the family doctor. Take both sets of films to a cardiologist!

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How long does it take for narrowing of the caridac arteries to occur?

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