{"id":552,"date":"2008-09-05T09:23:05","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T14:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2008\/09\/05\/dresslers-syndrome-complication-after-aortic-valve-replacement\/"},"modified":"2018-09-02T14:07:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T19:07:26","slug":"dresslers-syndrome-complication-after-aortic-valve-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2008\/09\/05\/dresslers-syndrome-complication-after-aortic-valve-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Dressler&#8217;s Syndrome &#8211; Ken&#8217;s Complication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received an email from Ken &#8211; a fellow patient who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/aortic-valve-replacement-surgery.php\">had aortic valve replacement surgery<\/a> earlier this year. Like many heart surgery patients, Ken experienced a complication after heart surgery. Specifically, Ken had an issue with Dressler&#8217;s Syndrome. If you are unfamiliar with <em>Dressler&#8217;s Syndrome<\/em>, I have provided some information below from the Mayo Clinic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dressler&#8217;s syndrome is a complication that can occur following a heart attack or heart surgery. It occurs when the sac that surrounds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2010\/10\/31\/pericardium-opening-stitches-cardiac-tamponade\/\">your heart (pericardium) becomes inflamed<\/a>. An immune system reaction is thought to be responsible for Dressler&#8217;s syndrome, which can develop several days or weeks after heart injury.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dressler&#8217;s syndrome causes fever and chest pain, which can feel like a heart attack. Also referred to as postpericardiotomy and postmyocardial infarction syndrome, Dressler&#8217;s syndrome is easily treated with medications that reduce inflammation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dressler's Syndrome\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/dressler-syndrome.jpg\" width=\"337\" height=\"269\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Dressler&#8217;s Syndrome (Diagram) <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With recent improvements in the medical treatment of heart attack, Dressler&#8217;s syndrome is far less common than it used to be. However, once you&#8217;ve had the condition, it&#8217;s likely to recur, so it&#8217;s important to be on the lookout for any symptoms of Dressler&#8217;s syndrome if you&#8217;ve had a heart attack, heart surgery or other heart injury.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Your doctor can diagnose Dressler&#8217;s syndrome from the classic signs and symptoms, listening to your heart and sometimes using blood tests. Other diagnostic tests may also include an echocardiogram or EKG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Complications of Dressler&#8217;s syndrome are cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, pleurisy and pleural effusion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mild cases of Dressler&#8217;s syndrome may get better on their own without treatment. Your doctor may recommend bed rest until you&#8217;re feeling better. More severe cases require medications to reduce the inflammation around your heart. Sometimes hospitalization is necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this helps you learn more about the post-operative complication known as Dressler&#8217;s Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","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=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}