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I was just wondering if anyone has had A-fib out of the blue years after surgery. My husband went to have his pacemaker checked and they said he had a-fib for a day and then 2 months later had pvcs for extended period. He hasn't had A-fib since a week after surgery, although he has been...

Has anyone had a difficult time getting the Dr. to give your insurance a authorization so that you coud get your home monitor. Neither of my husbands Dr.s (pcp, or card.) will send on to our insurance even though they would pay it 100% if they would send one. He has been on coumadin for three...

Just trying to see if I could start a new thread. Hope this finds everyone well. I just wanted to ask if there are any other spouces that would like to talk about adjustments and anything else that they might be going through. cathy

Does anyone know how high cauliflower is in vitamin k?

I was just wondering if anyone could help me with my husbands echo report. It said his ejection fraction was 71, i heard that normal is 60 to 70 . Also it said he had mild pulmonary hypertension, what does this mean? Please help in any way you can, it will greatly appreciated. Thanks so much...

Just wondering what your pulse and blood pressure usually runs. Also what meds are you on?

my husband had his surgery 9 months ago and just informed me that he still doesn't feel as good as he did before surgery or even a couple of weeks after his surgery. He had biscuspid aorta valve and a anuerysm in his aorta root, they put a st jude valve in and a dacron cunduit. They said the...

MY HUSBAND WASAT CARD. DR. YESTERDAY FOR PAT'S. THEY STARTED HIM ON BETA BLOCKER FOR TWO WEEKS THEN WANT HIM TO WERE A MONITOR FOR TWO WEEKS. THEY WANTED A MONITOR THAT YOU WERE LIKE A NECKLACE FOR TWO WEEKS AND IT RECORDES CONSTANTLY FOR THE TWO WEEKS, BUT OUR INSURANCE WON'T COVER THIS ONE SO...

Could anyone tell me if blood pressure that drops to 100/50 in the evening is anything to be concernded about?

Hi everyone! I would like to ask you all who have had a valve replaced a question. How did you feel 8 months post op? My husband had his aorta replaced with st jude valve plus dacron graft with root replacement, and pacemaker 4 days after surgery. Everything seems to be doing ok but...

My Husband Was Just In To Have His Pacemaker Checked. Last Time There Where No A-fibs, This Time He Mentioned That There Were Several Pat's Fast Beat Or Contractions In The Upper Atrium, 1 Lasting 9 Min At About 150. The Rest Were Short Lived But I Think There Where Pretty Many Of Them. The...

Happy 4th everyone!!!!!! Could anyone tell me if they had some memory trouble after there surgery that lasted off and on for many months. My husband is 7 months post op and was on heart and lung machine around 1 hour, I have heard that this can effect your memory but is it common for it to...

I was just wondering how many of you had a echocardigram after your surgery. My husband only had a x-ray 6 weeks after. Sees card. in oct. How unusual is this?

I was just wondering after mechanical aorta valve replacement and root and aorta dacron graft surgery what did your blood pressure run? ( I'm talking like months after surgery) On meds or off, and what meds? Thanks Cathy

my husband had a bicuspid aorta valve. He had surgery 6 months ago and had a st jude valve put in and a dacron graft for aneurysm at the root. He was having elevated creatinine (1.3 now down to 1.1) he had his abdominal aorta ultrsound done on monday to check for aneurysm, just got a call from...

I have been reading things about bav is not an isolated thing but a degenerating disease of the aorta. Does anyone know from talking to card or surgon if there is any statistics on this issue? Also something about brain aneurysms from this.

My husbands avr with assending aorta anuerysm and total block due to surgery had a pacemacker put in, that was 4 months ago he is almost done with rehab back to work fulltime but still feeling very tired. He is on coumanin and an ace inhibitor, calcium channel blocker, topal and zocor. He has...

my husband who had bavr on 12/13/07 had his blood preasure slowly increase the last couple of weeks. the dr gave him blood preasure meds and did a blood test that came back saying his kidney levels are elavated. They said this could simply be from dehydration or kidney failure. Needless to...

9 weeks after my husbands aortic vavle replacement surgery his blood preasure is not going down ( only started going up about 4 weeks after surgery) 1 week after increasing med of norvasc to 10 mg. dr. just started him on ace inhibitor also. Just wondering if anybody else with this surgery has...

My Husband Has Had His St Jude Vavle For 8 Weeks Now At Times His Clicking Is Not Clicking But A Very Loud Thumping Noise At The Upper Middle Of His Chest. Has Any One Else Had This And How Long Does Is Last?