Update: I went back to the hospital yesterday. They adjusted my metoprolol succinate dosage. This has corrected the issue. The doctors feel this is only temporary while the heart is healing and they will have to adjust the dosage again in a few moths.
Hello again! I was released from Coumadin Jail on good behavior. I am concerned about the increase in my heart rate from pre to post surgery. I used to be anywhere from 60-80bpm resting and am now 100-120bpm resting. The releasing doctor called it sinus tachycardia. She said it may have been...
Hi everyone. I made it through the surgery! If I understand what the doctor told me, a clamp came off my aorta while I was on bypass. Fortunately he was able to resolve it quickly. I did have to have some blood. I was out of it from around 7:45am Friday until Friday 10:30pm. The nurse woke me...
I have been following this forum for a while without having an account. I thought it was time to join and post since my surgery is tomorrow. I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve. I have been followed since I was 3 months old. At my yearly cardiologist checkup in September I learned that I had...