{"id":6703,"date":"2022-09-06T21:30:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inocainternational.com\/?page_id=6703"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:36:38","slug":"patient-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inocainternational.com\/es\/patient-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencias de Pacientes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Experiencias de Pacientes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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“I was a 45 year old healthy, fit, nonsmoker who worked as a corporate executive in Ireland and led a very busy and fulfilled life.  Suddenly, I was like an invalid, unable to work, socialise, or exercise.”
Un Paciente de INOCA<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aqu\u00ed encontrar\u00e1s una selecci\u00f3n de experiencias de pacientes en formato escrito y en v\u00eddeo. Puedes escuchar las experiencias de otros\/as, sobre el reconocimiento de factores \ndesencadenantes y tendencias que pueden \nayudarte en el manejo diario de tu condici\u00f3n de INOCA.
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Por favor, recuerda que, como siempre, nada contenido en esta -o en cualquier otra p\u00e1gina de INOCA International- deber\u00eda considerarse como alg\u00fan modo de consejo o recomendaci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica. Las experiencias de los pacientes que hay a continuaci\u00f3n, se han compartido con el permiso de los pacientes con la simple esperanza de que sus \nexperiencias puedan ayudar a otros\/as a comprender las condiciones, a menudo, tan complejas y confusas de INOCA.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren’s Story<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lauren began experiencing symptoms of intense, squeezing chest pain and shortness of breath after Covid. Her quality of life quickly deteriorated as it became too difficult for her to perform basic tasks, spend time with loved ones, or exercise.\u00a0 Lauren spent the next few years as she described it ‘gripped with the fear’ not knowing what was happening to her and felt she was not being heard by medical professionals. Each of the 9 cardiologists she saw told her variations of the same thing – that she was “too young” to be experiencing a heart condition or to require testing, or that because she was a healthy female, it was thought she was just experiencing anxiety. But Lauren knew that the symptoms she felt were real, so she carried on the search for a doctor who would listen.

After a long search, Lauren finally connected with an INOCA specialist who confirmed with a provocative angiogram that she had severe non-endothelial dependent microvascular disease. Finally she had an answer, but the journey had only just begun.

Lauren’s story is captured in 3 videos where she shares some of the obstacles she faced on her journey. Lauren talks openly about the effect INOCA has had on her life, her career, her mental and physical health and also on the relationships with her husband, her family and her social circle. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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