{"id":809,"date":"2009-05-21T09:39:32","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T14:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/05\/21\/did-your-heartbeat-pound-like-crazy-after-valve-surgery-asks-josh\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:46:31","slug":"did-your-heartbeat-pound-like-crazy-after-valve-surgery-asks-josh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/05\/21\/did-your-heartbeat-pound-like-crazy-after-valve-surgery-asks-josh\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Did Your Heart Pound Like Crazy After Valve Surgery?&#8221; Asks Josh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh just asked me an important, post-operative question about elevated heartbeat sensations after heart valve surgery and aneurysm repair. I responded below but, if you are a former patient, maybe you can help Josh by leaving a comment as well? Here is what he writes:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/heartbeat-animated.gif\" alt=\"Animation Of Pumping &amp; Contracting Heart \" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Adam: I do have one question about something that is bothering me.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve tried to do some research on the web about this, but haven&#8217;t really found anything.\u00a0 After surgery, all the medical personnel involved had said that I&#8217;d be more &#8216;aware&#8217; of my heart beating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/aortic-valve-replacement-surgery.php\">after aortic valve replacement<\/a> and aneurysm repair.\u00a0 That is, due to the fact that since my pericardium would be cut for surgery, I&#8217;d lack the &#8216;insulation&#8217; it provides. Boy were they right!\u00a0 Sometimes I feel like my heart is pounding out of my chest. When I&#8217;m laying down on my sides or stomach in bed, I hear my heart beating through the pillow louder than ever.\u00a0 And here&#8217;s the kicker &#8211; when I&#8217;m in a sitting position (driving, watching TV, at the computer, etc.) and I inhale deeply, it seems like I feel my heart literally banging against my upper chest\/throat area. When I exhale, it seems to go back to normal; or the &#8220;new&#8221; normal anyway.\u00a0 I was curious as to whether you or anyone else on the blog has felt a similar sensation. Thanks Josh!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So you know, I had the exact same experience that Josh describes above.<\/p>\n<p>Related Link:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/complications-joanna-chikwe-md\/\">Top 5 Complications After Heart Valve Surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/high-heart-rates\/\">Surgeon Q&amp;A: High Heart Rates After Heart Valve Surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recovery"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","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=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41867,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/41867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}