John Romanous - Heart Valve Journal

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81 days ago

Kimberly Eisenhut, Susan Lynn reacted to this

I am 68 yo. I had open heart surgery in Feb 2024 to replace an aortic valve and a dilated ascending aorta.
I have continued my post op rehab by going to ...Read more

I am 68 yo. I had open heart surgery in Feb 2024 to replace an aortic valve and a dilated ascending aorta.
I have continued my post op rehab by going to the gym 4-5 times a week and training with weights.
After training for it, 6 months after my surgery in August 2024,
I completed a 9 mile quarter marathon in Sydney.
In January 2025 (almost 1 year after surgery) I started to experience an irregular heart beat. The irrgegular heart beat has been diagnosed as an ectopic heart beat and is being monitored.

I would appreciate any thoughts you have on this or any similar experiences.

Marie Myers Some irregular heart beats are less serious than others, so it will depend on the type of the irregul ... Read more

Marie Myers Some irregular heart beats are less serious than others, so it will depend on the type of the irregular beat. Are you being checked with a wearable monitor?

John Romanous Hi Marie,
I am being checked by my cardialogist. He had me wear a holter monitor for 24 hrs in Apr ... Read more

John Romanous Hi Marie,
I am being checked by my cardialogist. He had me wear a holter monitor for 24 hrs in April 2025. I will be seeing him to go through the result on Monday 5th May 2025

John Romanousposted an update

311 days ago

Rose Madura, Darrell Malone, Maggie Ma and 1 other reacted to this

6 months after my open heart aortic valve replacement surgery I completed the Sydney (Australia) 2024 "City 2 Surf" 14 km (almost 9 miles) fun run in 2 hrs ...Read more

6 months after my open heart aortic valve replacement surgery I completed the Sydney (Australia) 2024 "City 2 Surf" 14 km (almost 9 miles) fun run in 2 hrs and 20mins which translates to a speed of 6km/hr (almost 3.7 miles/hr)