‘I passed out.’ Texas heat mixed with medication sent Katy man to ER twice.
A Katy man is sharing his story after the Texas heat sent him to the ER – not once, but twice.
At 69-years-old, Enrique Barrientos never had any heart problems.
“In my family, we have had other problems, but not a heart attack,” Barrientos said.
Until this past April, Enrique was working out in his yard raking leaves for about an hour and a half. When he came inside, he knew something was wrong. “I felt totally tired, exhausted, without energy,” Barrientos said. He also had a pain in his chest.
“The following day, the pain in my chest came back several times,” Barrientos said.
So he went to the hospital and his cardiologist, Dr. Wafi Momin with UTHealth Houston and Memorial Hermann, told Enrique he had a heart attack.
“The problem was, basically, two arteries that were blocked,” Barrientos said.
“If you have underlying heart disease, plaque buildup, if you’re out in the heat and you become dehydrated, your heart has to work that much harder,” Dr. Momin explained.
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Published via KHOU 11