{"id":17637,"date":"2013-11-03T12:30:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=17637"},"modified":"2018-08-26T08:36:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T13:36:22","slug":"coach-john-fox-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2013\/11\/03\/coach-john-fox-denver-broncos\/","title":{"rendered":"John Fox, Denver Broncos Head Coach, Scheduled for Aortic Valve Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since launching this website in 2006, I have followed the heart valve procedures of many public figures including Robin Williams, Barbara Walters, Ed Koch, and Barbara Bush.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we learned that John Fox, the head coach of the Denver Broncos, is scheduled for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/aortic-valve-replacement-surgery.php\">an aortic valve replacement surgery<\/a> on Tuesday. Coach Fox, who was aware of his valvular disorder, was planning to undergo surgery during the football off-season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17638 aligncenter\" alt=\"John Fox - Denver Broncos Coach - Heart Surgery Patient\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/coach-john-fox-heart-surgery.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/>John Fox, Denver Broncos Head Coach, Heart Valve Surgery Patient<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, on Saturday, Fox began experiencing symptoms while playing golf with his friends. Shortly thereafter, Fox was brought to a hospital, where an ultrasound revealed he needed aortic valve surgery as soon as possible. (So you know, the early news reports that Coach Fox had a heart attack were incorrect.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<h2>The Importance of Symptoms for Patients<\/h2>\n<p>In my opinion, it is very important for the patients and the caregivers in our community to learn from Fox&#8217;s experience.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Fox, who became &#8220;light-headed&#8221; during his golf outing, wasted no time seeking medical attention &#8212; and, for good reason.<\/p>\n<p>Research suggests that 50% of patients who begin to experience symptoms from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/aortic-stenosis-valve-heart-narrowing.php\">severe aortic valve stenosis<\/a> are dead within just two years. Yes, that is a key and startling piece of information about this disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17645 aligncenter\" alt=\"Aortic Stenosis Mortality Statistics\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/aortic-stenosis-asymptomatic-mortality.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FYI&#8230; Similar to Fox, I also experienced just one symptom, prior to surgery, that motivated me to get another ultrasound. My symptom? The right side of my body went numb when I was out to dinner with my wife.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I think we can all learn from Coach Fox&#8217;s proactive nature during his &#8220;watchful waiting&#8221; period. Last night, we heard from Coach Fox:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I sincerely appreciate the support of the Broncos, the fans, and so many people around the league,&#8221; Fox said. &#8220;Although I am disappointed I must take some time away from the team to attend to this pre-existing health condition, I understand that it&#8217;s the right thing to do. I have great confidence in our coaches and players, who are fully committed to our goals. I look forward to returning to coaching as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the patients in our community, we wish Coach Fox a very safe procedure and a very smooth recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on tickin&#8217; Coach Fox!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}