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Richard Barbour 07/19/1938-02/04/2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbour, Richard E. Feb. 4, 2012. Age 73. Beloved husband of Therese (nee Ohman). Dearest father of Robert (Liz) Barbour, Laura (Paul) Henk & Cheryl (Frank) Winegarden...

Are you keeping up with Christi's site on Rob? Here's a reminder of their site: https://sites.google.com/site/robthatsmecristid/home/bobs-updates-2 He was admitted to the Cleveland Clinic today, a day earlier than planned because his INR is 1.5 so they wanted to start a heparin drip right away.

Has anyone heard from Hensylee (Ann)? She has always been an active participant on this forum and it's been 4 weeks since she has written anything; that's not like her. I hope she's okay.

Fox news reported today of a retired airforce major who was caught in a police sting which involved him talking with whom he thought was a 15 year old to arrange a sexual encounter. When they apprehended him he told police if she showed up at the mall he was going to warn her that what she was...

"Providing continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) after cardiac surgery reduced lung complications and ICU readmissions by half in a large randomized trial." This came from WebPage today, thought it was interesting. They put patients on the PCAP for several hours after they were extubated...

A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book about churches around >the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working >east from there. > > Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making >notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule...

Drug Warnings Fall Flat August 6, 2007 (The New York Times News Service) -- When William "Sonny" Morrill went in for heart bypass surgery, his wife was so sure he would recover she bought him new pajamas. But three days after the operation, the 61-year-old Sarasota resident died from kidney...

My 80 yr old neighbor had mitral and tricuspid valves replaced as well as a repair of the patent foremen ovale (sp?) nine days ago and is still on a ventilator. She is conscious, able to communicate by scribing a few letters with her finger on her other hand. I was on the vent for 24 hours...

This article came in Medical News Today. Do you know of anyone who has had this nonsurgical repair done?? This takes the procedure from the hands of the surgeons and gives it to the interventional radiologists. Nonsurgical Thoracic Aorta Repair Has Much Less Risk Of Paralysis Than Surgery 07...

You have to be able to sign in to Medscape to read this so I am copying and pasting this article. These are the guidelines our caregivers are being taught. I hope it will be of help to someone here. Thoracoaortic Aneurysms and Dissections: Guidance for the Primary Care Clinician CE Marilyn...

Although I don't have a home tester, I know so many of you do and would be interested in this article I received in my email-- MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program Roche Diagnostics and FDA informed consumers and healthcare professionals of the recall of...

Preoperative Atorvastatin Cuts Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 27 - Treatment with atorvastatin for 7 days before elective cardiac surgery can reduce the occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation, new research suggests. This prophylactic...

Heart Valve Surgery: Current Review Sary Aranki, MD Introduction Heart valve prostheses were introduced more than 40 years ago. The operation and technical details of valve replacement have been refined and perfected over the years such that it has become a standard procedure that can be...

Experiment Aims to Repair Aneurysms September 12, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Edward Mooney had a weak spot on his largest blood vessel that he knew too well could burst and kill him almost instantly: That's how both his parents died. His doctor offered an experimental fix, using tiny...

Just found an excellent site on cardiovascular surgery done by Mid-Atlantic Surgical Associates out of Morristown, NJ which goes into great detail to all aspects of open heart surgery. The post-surgery page seems to answer so many of the questions we all have had. If you roam around their site...

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/AcuteCoronarySyndrome/dh/3989 This is pretty deep material but thought someone might be interested. After all we are an intelligent group, right??:D :rolleyes: ;)

Religious Beliefs May Affect Psychological Recovery After Cardiac Surgery This is long but you may not have access to Medscape so I am submitting the whole article. Laurie Barclay, MD Medscape Medical News 2006. © 2006 Medscape August 10, 2006 ? Faith-based, positive religious resources can...

I know most of you are "youngsters" but as I come close to one year (Aug 5th) anniversary of my mitral valve repair (at age 75) the following article which just arrived in my email from Medscape is really of great interest to this "oldie". For those of you who are wondering if you are too old...

I've been having a lot of non cardiac chest pain (sternum & ribs) and my PCP tried me on two weeks of Celebrex. This weekend the hips acted up terribly. Of course we don't want to take any more Celebrex because of the warfarin interaction. Today I got the following article in my email from...

Several times in the last couple of years my local cardiologist's reports on my echos came out 3+to 4 so he began talking to me about going to the Cleveland Clinic for evaluation. I finally said I would go there to see what they thought. When the echo was done there (#1 in the country, right?)...