Peggy's Journal

I'd love to hear others' experience with post-surgery arrhythmia. I was doing great after my mitral valve repair surgery, but now I'm a month post-op and am getting regular bouts of arrhythmia. I'm taking extra doses of metoprolol when it happens, but I'm not sure when to really worry and when to just deal with it. (I have a heart monitor to record the episodes for a week.) Working with my doctor, but would love others' input too, like how long it lasted and whether you were able to go about regular activities, etc. Thanks!

Hi all, This is my first post here. I had a mitral valve robotic repair surgery on 2/4/26, so exactly a month ago, at Cedars-Sinai in LA. My surgeon Dr. Joanna Chikwe and nurse practitioner Vivian Burkhart, along with all the inpatient nurses and staff, provided excellent care. My surgery was pretty straightforward and I didn't have any other issues that required treating — I was out of the hospital on my 4th day.

Since then, I've had a couple issues: ocular migraines and one night of an irregular heartbeat (hopefully a one-off) that means I'm now wearing a heart monitor for a week. But overall I feel like everything went really well, even though I'm feeling impatient about the recovery process. The follow-up with Cedars has also been amazing. I cannot recommend my medical team and Cedars in general highly enough. I know I am in excellent hands. So grateful!!