{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F23807bb5-baf4-45e0-b032-70f64eb0587b","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"From Chest Pain to Myocardial Bridge Diagnosis and Surgery at Stanford","description":"Show notes:0:00 Introduction1:40 \"What gets you up in the morning?\"2:05 Jeff dives into his story starting with the Death Ride in July 20213:30 By August, he was experiencing a deep burning in his chest5:00 Sees his primary physician who recommends he sees his cardiologist6:00 By that Thursday, he woke at 5:45am with all the sensations of a heart attack, 911 is called and the EMTs find a heart attack and he's wheeled out of his house to the ambulance with a pulse of 468:00 Jeff has a catherization and nothing is found9:20 He starts cardiac rehab and was experiencing PVCs which became problematic in addition to vasospasms10:10 Jeff tries multiple medications11:00 Last day of cardiac rehab September 2021 where he had \"the sensation\" after climbing stairs in the garage11:50 The cardiologist calls and calls Jeff to the hospital as he had just had ventricular tachycardia episode. As in RIGHT NOW. His spasm episodes were triggering the tachycardia.13:45 Electrophysiologist casually mentions Jeff has a myocardial bridge but that it is benign but Jeff pushes back14:30 Jeff asks for a bypass of the LAD that is bridged but the doctor says, \"we don't do that\"15:00 Jeff's cardiologist says \"it's beyond us\" and recommends provocative testing15:30 Stanford is recommended and he sees Dr. Tremmel16:30 Jeff learns his myocardial bridge is 40mm long and when he is experiencing vasospasms in the LAD, it is 98% blocked17:20 Jeff had unroofing surgery at Stanford January 4, 202217:50 prior to surgery, Jeff quizzes Dr. Jack Boyd on his success rate which is great coaching for listeners. Take note!18:45 Boots recommends the Myocardial Bridge Facebook group which is a treasure trove of information20:10 Jeff feels much improvement since his unroofing21:10 Jeff connects with a marathon runner who also had unroofing in August 2021 and is doing well too22:00 Jeff and Boots met through the Facebook group thankfully.22:30 Jeff revisits why he gets up in the morning23:00 how we have to be our own best advocate.23:30 Jeff shares what he did to recover in addition to prepping for surgery including having the pre-surgery to surgery which is semi-comical.25:30 Jeff felt the power of prayer27:00 recovery was a little rough. He did not \"dig\" ICU at all. Sleep deprivation was an issue.28:00 Jeff takes control of his recovery.28:40 Boots shares her ICU story with Jeff.29:20 Jeff is sent home and his wife promptly gets sick. He even empties the dish washer.30:00 Minor blip and Jeff has to go to the ER and then comes down with Covid!31:00 Jeff and Boots reminisce about the heart pillow31:30 Boots asks Jeff what surprised him the most about open-heart surgery32:20 Boots asks what has been most helpful?33:10 Jeff laments how his wife was impacted34:30 Grace, gratitude, appreciation for the medical community34:50 He never felt sorry for himself. He just asked a lot of questions and did what he had to do to survive.36:00 He believes there is a reason why all of this happened the way it happened.37:00 Jeff shares about an important dream.39:10 Jeff asks Boots if she had an important dream, and she shares the impact on her empathic and intuitive abilities.41:10 Jeff and Boots talk about how heart surgery changes you.42:00 Keep your sense of humor!42:40 Survivors' guilt43:30 Jeff shares his podcast, Imperfect Heart and how he hopes to change the conversation around myocardial bridging.46:00 outroFind Jeff Holden at https://www.myimperfectheart.com/ (My Imperfect Heart \u2013 Support for those with Myocardial Bridges.)Website: The Heart...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4c0cdb48-3fe9-47b5-9cfd-a7747a371012/5418d84416985f85ac354708757743b4.jpg"}