Janet's Posts

Hi everyone. I heard about this site from a friend who had a mitral valve repair. I am actually on here to learn more information for my 90 year old mom. She has aortic stenosis and we have been doing some of the preliminary testing for TAVR. I would like to ask the community, if I may, if any of you had some gastrointestinal issues after having the intravenous contrast for an angiogram, CT Scan or the actual TAVR procedure. I am trying to figure out if that is what happened to my mom or if we have been dealing with something else. My other theory is that she is very nervous about the tests and the procedure. I have had to postpone testing several times due to her having diarrhea. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. She will be having the procedure, if we ever get to that point, at Hartford Hospital in CT. I have done quite a bit of research on this procedure, watched a live procedure being done and have asked the TAVR team assigned to my mom a lot of questions. No one can help with the diarrhea question. I have also researched effects of intravenous contrast and found that diarrhea can be a side effect. I keep getting told that it's not. Everyone reacts differently to different medications, etc. I just wondered if anyone else had this issue.