HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
Sorry this is going to be a bit of a story.
Me and my partner used to keep fit by me cycling and us both Ballroom dancing 4-6 hours per week.
When lock down happened no dancing. So my partner decided she wanted to get cycling fit and actually race in CX in sept. She has super low blood pressure, never smoked, hardly drinks and could knock out a jive without being breathless so a fit lady.
Se she embarked on a structured training plan starting off sensibly slow with just some local rides at a slowish pace building over a month to turbo training. A proper beginners plan over 12 weeks. She made big improvements and could get up a lot of steep hills etc. After about 6 weeks of the turbo plan this last weekend we were shopping and she said take me home I feel ill. On the drive home ( just a mile) she described heart attack symptoms but could not believe it was. ( pain in left arm and across her shoulders)
When we got home rung 111 and they sent a ambulance ( we live just over a mile from the hospital) . ECG showed a problem so off to hospital she went.
Turns out she had a very unusual type of heart attack called a SCAD spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a tear forms in an artery in the heart. This can cause blood to pool in the area between the layers. Blood trapped between the layers can form a blood clot (hematoma). SCAD can reduce or block blood flow through the artery,
Now these forms of heart attack have only become apparent in recent years as angiograms have got better. There are nearly exclusive to ladies that have recently given birth or mostly found in women that have recently gone through the menopause . Usually in perfectly fit women. Her tear was in the left anterior atery ( soemtimes know as the widow maker) . The causes are unknown and are part of research. The angiogram showed no furring of the arteries at all and her blood pressure is stupidly low ( around the 95/55 odd usually had it all her life) and resting heart rate low 50's, lowish cholsetrol.
The treatment can be the usual stent , cardiac bypass or meds and self heal. She is on the self heal route.
Now at first we thought oh hell the cause was suddenly taking up cycling and turbo in her mid 50's but we were assured that unless she had run a marathon the training had not caused it and it was "bad luck" does not stop me feeling guilty as sin though, thinking oh shoot I nearly killed the missus by suggesting turbo.
We have done the usual internet search but its rare and find no stories of women going back to climbing mountains, doing marathons etc.
So anybody know of anyone. She asked the doctor at the cardiac unit but he was evasive and said her case had to go to a meeting and she might have to go back for a full body scan as research is ongoing and they might want her to be part of it.
So anybody had one or know someone who has had one and what their recovery was like?
She is not too bothered about not being able to cycle in a CX race etc but she would like to dance the night away again , plus we wanted to do some hiking holidays etc.
Thanks if you have read thus far.
Me and my partner used to keep fit by me cycling and us both Ballroom dancing 4-6 hours per week.
When lock down happened no dancing. So my partner decided she wanted to get cycling fit and actually race in CX in sept. She has super low blood pressure, never smoked, hardly drinks and could knock out a jive without being breathless so a fit lady.
Se she embarked on a structured training plan starting off sensibly slow with just some local rides at a slowish pace building over a month to turbo training. A proper beginners plan over 12 weeks. She made big improvements and could get up a lot of steep hills etc. After about 6 weeks of the turbo plan this last weekend we were shopping and she said take me home I feel ill. On the drive home ( just a mile) she described heart attack symptoms but could not believe it was. ( pain in left arm and across her shoulders)
When we got home rung 111 and they sent a ambulance ( we live just over a mile from the hospital) . ECG showed a problem so off to hospital she went.
Turns out she had a very unusual type of heart attack called a SCAD spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a tear forms in an artery in the heart. This can cause blood to pool in the area between the layers. Blood trapped between the layers can form a blood clot (hematoma). SCAD can reduce or block blood flow through the artery,
Now these forms of heart attack have only become apparent in recent years as angiograms have got better. There are nearly exclusive to ladies that have recently given birth or mostly found in women that have recently gone through the menopause . Usually in perfectly fit women. Her tear was in the left anterior atery ( soemtimes know as the widow maker) . The causes are unknown and are part of research. The angiogram showed no furring of the arteries at all and her blood pressure is stupidly low ( around the 95/55 odd usually had it all her life) and resting heart rate low 50's, lowish cholsetrol.
The treatment can be the usual stent , cardiac bypass or meds and self heal. She is on the self heal route.
Now at first we thought oh hell the cause was suddenly taking up cycling and turbo in her mid 50's but we were assured that unless she had run a marathon the training had not caused it and it was "bad luck" does not stop me feeling guilty as sin though, thinking oh shoot I nearly killed the missus by suggesting turbo.
We have done the usual internet search but its rare and find no stories of women going back to climbing mountains, doing marathons etc.
So anybody know of anyone. She asked the doctor at the cardiac unit but he was evasive and said her case had to go to a meeting and she might have to go back for a full body scan as research is ongoing and they might want her to be part of it.
So anybody had one or know someone who has had one and what their recovery was like?
She is not too bothered about not being able to cycle in a CX race etc but she would like to dance the night away again , plus we wanted to do some hiking holidays etc.
Thanks if you have read thus far.
