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Hello everyone:
Well, it has finally been scheduled. My husband is going in, January 24th, for his second heart surgery. I never, ever thought this would happen.
In October 2001, he had two St. Jude valves implanted in the aortic and mitral positions. They are working fine, except for small paravalvular leaks, which are normal.
He has permanent a-fib. He has a severely leaking tricuspid valve. He has bradycardia (causing presyncope) and recently, over 1300 ventricular ectopic beats. He needs a pacemaker. We have been the rounds of cardiologists, surgeons, and electrophysciologists.
He was supposed to have the surgery in August, but our daughter who lived with us, passed away at the beginning of July. We have another daughter, 2 weeks from delivery of our third grand child. We have had a lot of "life" placed on our table these past five months. It has been very very hard. With this recent development of another arrythmia, my husband made the decision to go ahead with the surgery.
On January 24th, he will have his tricuspid valve repaired with an annuloplasty ring, and a few days later, a pacemaker will be installed. He may, or may not need an ICD. We shall see.
This site has been an invaluable resource for us over the past 5 years, and I sincerely appreciate all of the help you have given us.
I am interested in one issue. Will he need to be bridged with heparin, prior to the surgery?
Marybeth
PS - I am a bit overwhelmed when I think of all this equipment in his chest.
Well, it has finally been scheduled. My husband is going in, January 24th, for his second heart surgery. I never, ever thought this would happen.
In October 2001, he had two St. Jude valves implanted in the aortic and mitral positions. They are working fine, except for small paravalvular leaks, which are normal.
He has permanent a-fib. He has a severely leaking tricuspid valve. He has bradycardia (causing presyncope) and recently, over 1300 ventricular ectopic beats. He needs a pacemaker. We have been the rounds of cardiologists, surgeons, and electrophysciologists.
He was supposed to have the surgery in August, but our daughter who lived with us, passed away at the beginning of July. We have another daughter, 2 weeks from delivery of our third grand child. We have had a lot of "life" placed on our table these past five months. It has been very very hard. With this recent development of another arrythmia, my husband made the decision to go ahead with the surgery.
On January 24th, he will have his tricuspid valve repaired with an annuloplasty ring, and a few days later, a pacemaker will be installed. He may, or may not need an ICD. We shall see.
This site has been an invaluable resource for us over the past 5 years, and I sincerely appreciate all of the help you have given us.
I am interested in one issue. Will he need to be bridged with heparin, prior to the surgery?
Marybeth
PS - I am a bit overwhelmed when I think of all this equipment in his chest.
I ran thru your past posts. Found one that said Hubby was age 55 in 2001? Makes him , now age 60?.....I think his age will bring him thru this next operation just fine.
