Post Ohs Heart Rate

[temp69]

My BP has been good at around 115/70, but my pulse has been hovering close to 90, dipping down to 80, then back up.

I was told in the hospital that rapid pulse was just my heart getting over the trauma of surgery.

Anyone else have experience like this?

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[Ross]

Yeap. It takes a good while until it's no longer angry with you for allowing it to be slammed around by the surgeon. I was up there with you and it finally settled into the 60-70 a minute category.

 

[MikeHeim]

Exact same experience. Mine was about 90 the entire time I was in the hospital, and then between 80-90 for several weeks after. It slowly dropped down to the 70's (probably 6-8 weeks post-op), and finally to the 50's-60's (where it resides today). I just measured it and got 56.

I got the same story. Of course, we were at the same hospital, so I would surely hope that to be the case.

 

[Georgia]

Yup - mine was substantially higher - well over 100, until 100mg Toprol XL twice a day brought it down to around 95. It came down very gradually, until a year after surgery it was down around 75.

 

[mharris]

After my first ohs my heart rate was just fine but then 5 wks later I had a 2nd ohs and after that one my heart rate was staying steady around 120. I went on Toprol 100mg a day and it dropped it to 80 and it has been 3yrs and everything is still going fine on it. They haven't wanted to try to stop the toprol yet because it is also helping my migraines.

 

[marky]

Yes..
In the hospital it was so high it hurt my ears/head, then it dropped to the 90's and now most days 9wks post op..it is in the 80's and have had it dip to the high 70's..
I hope it continues down a bit.. I get quite uncomfortable when it hits that high.

 

[aussigal]

I qualify for this too...
I think I am 13 weeks post-op now (I have stopped counting!)
my H/R is anywhere from 80-100 (80 resting.,100 when active...gets a bit noisy )
I take 75mg of Metoprolol daily.
I was also told it was OK as long as it wasnt going at 150bpm and is a reasonably common post-op thing that should/would settle down eventually.

 

[BillCobit]

Anyone else have experience like this?

temp69

Still having it 4.5 years later

 

[bobcatrel]

heart rate

heart rate

Same here. Pre surgery, my resting pulse was usually between 42-48. After surgery it was in the 80's for several months. It has been 11 months now since my AVR and my resting pulse is down to the low 50's

 

[Liz]

Me too

Me too

Thanks for starting this thread - I was wondering about this too, and your comments reminded me to ask the cardiologist about it when I saw him yesterday. He added another perspective - said that the heart is working harder to shunt blood to the wound site. He also said that the other heart anomalies I asked about (my heart thudding, jerking, etc.) were all normal. Very reassuring to me.

Keep posting if you feel like it, you're a couple days ahead of me and I'm always encouraged hearing about how you're doing.

Take care,
Liz

 

[jax3172]

Heart Rate

Heart Rate

Ah heart rate, one of my favorite topics. Mine was around 65 before surgery 7/21/05. Years ago, when I was running alot, it was 48 at rest. For the last year post-op, to greater and lesser degrees, I have experienced periods of high heart rate, chest pain, fatigue, mild PH, and funky heart beats. Here's the important point that I didn't see anyone else mention: there is an inverse correlation between how I feel and my heart rate. When I'm feeling fine, it's usually lower. When I'm feeling SOB and fatigued, it's generally higher. Now I am on the tiny dose of 12.5 mg Atenanol each morning to control heart rate and funky beats. As I sit here typing this response, it's 60. Now, during moderate walking (about 2 miles) it gets up to 105. I guess it's OK but my walk buddy's HR during the walk is 85. The thing no doctor has ever been able to answer is why shouldn't my HR go down to a point lower than it was when I had a faulty AV and an aneurysm? They just look down and mumble. I've heard all the balony about trauma to the heart and it taking time to recover etc. My theory is that OHS (for just about all of us) saves our lives but imparts a "permanent limp" on our hearts that they never quite recover from. We can, for the most part, compensate for it by taking good care of ourselves but it's the dark little secret that surgeons don't want to tell you about (or perhaps even admit) pre-op. Not that it would matter - we'd get the surgery anyway. Thoughts?