AboutDavid Richardson Expertise Adult heart function and disease. Not very good about children lesss than 12. Hypertension is o.k. Heart rhythm a special interest.
Experience Certified in cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Was chairman of division of cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia. Am now mostly retired.
Organizations Fellow of American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology and member of American Physiological Society..
Publications Circulation, American Heart Journal, Hypertension.
Education/Credentials M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Residency training at Yale Uhniversity School of Medicine and Medical College of Virginia.
Awards and Honors Gold Heartt Award from American Heart Association in 1995.
Expert: David Richardson Date: 7/12/2008 Subject: breathless when lying down
Question My husband is breathless when lying down but only for about 30 seconds. He walks to the kitchen and is okay comes back to the bedroom and is still fine. The minute he lies down he is breathless for a brief period. What could this be. Heart or lungs.
Answer Dear Mrs. Dragt,
Heart is much more likely. He should tell a doctor about this. If you can't afford a doctor, write me back with his age, known illnesses, medicines, blood pressure, weight, height, any other symptoms he has (like breathless when walking 3 blocks or chest pain), recent hospitalizations and whether his legs get swollen.
