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Palpitations during exercise
I had an AVR in June. Found out last April I was in severe aortic stenosis when I went to cardio doc for palpitations during exercise. Had several, they were not concerned about it then due to the concern of stenosis. Since surgery I had a couple in Oct (one at gym, one in normal activity)...- wgreene
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Exercising Heartrate
From my reading I have seen that to get a maximum heart rate and what I should exercise at I need to have my Cardio doc do this. However I am 10 weeks post op and will not see the doc again for another month. I have a mechanical valve and currently taking beta blockers. I have been doing cardio...- wgreene
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Weight Lifting
I am new here so please bare with me. I had a mechanical valve put in 8 weeks ago. I was fairly active before surgery and have been doing cardio for the past 5 weeks, each week increasing intensity. Doing really good overall. I have noticed that my upper body seems to have lost muscle and would...- wgreene
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