Sharon's Journal

Hi all a follow up to my post from Tuesday, saw her cardiologist yesterday who is also a electrophysiologist, she implanted a dual chamber pacemaker after my dual valve surgery in March, while downloading the pacemaker to see the heart activity they could find the number of events of heart racing but not how high the rate got, they gave me a 24 hour halter to wear and thinking about putting me back of coumadin or digoxin based on the results of the halter, it sounds like rapid beats is common after valve surgery, any thoughts or similar stories would be appreciated

Hi all, been a while since I checked in, had major surgery on 3/8 (MVR redo, repair of tricuspid valve and repair of pulmonary artery ruptured during surgery), every going great, went to my GP on Friday and he noticed an elevated heart rate (110 to 115 per minute), suggested I make an appointment with cardiologist to have it checked out, anyone have an elevated rate a few months after surgery, I am concerned

Sharon had surgery on 3/8 with numerous complication, her recovery has been amazing, just one question/concern her legs are still swelling after surgery, they have her on water pills with only minimal improvement, they did an echo last week and the valve is functioning well, any thoughts why the legs would still be swelling, I thought that would be addressed with new valve

Hi this is Sharon's husband asking for prayers and hopefuly a few questions answered, Sharon had her surgery yesterday where they replaced a mitral value (this was a redo from a surgery in October 2012), repaired her tricusipd valve and a VSD, as they were getting ready to close the pulmonary artery ruptured, they had to put her back on bypass and start a seond operation to address the artery, they left the chest open to allow the seeping of blood from heart to stop and hope to close it tomorrow, obv. she is sedated, any one have heard similar stories with a positive outcome

Hi looking for a buddy who has been thru multiple valve replacements, had a mitral valve replaced in October of 2011, will need a redo, due to leak from calfication at value site, they also found a leak in the aortic and tricuspid valve which may need to be fixed while they are in their, anyone who can share experiences similar would be appreciated