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Hi again, I don't see my cardiologist for a few more months so would appreciate if somebody can tell me what the following means and tell me what the measurements of a normal heart should be. Thank you. MMMode/2D Measurements & Calculations IVsd: 0.90cm LVIDd: 5.8cm LVIDs: 3.5cm LVPWd: 1.0cm...

Hi, Thanks for your comment. Can I just ask what you mean by 'support' side? Thanks.

Thanks Dick, best of luck with your echo.

Hi all, Here are my Echo report from December 2011. I would appreciate if somebody could explain the results in layman's terms. For example I would love to know how my heart is physically, where the changes are physically etc. I have also posted 2008 and 2009 results. By the way my...

Sounds like a good idea.

I'll drop into my local shop on the way home from work tonight and pick up a packet of Barry's de-caf. :)

I love Barrys tea, very difficulty to give up.

Perhaps you're right, going cold shoulder could be a shock to the system. I never knew salt could cause palpitations.

It is difficult to give up tea and after 2 days of no tea I was getting withdrawl symptoms such as headaches. However I noticed I am sleeping much better, But you're correct it's a nasty cycle: caffeine which leads to lack of sleep which leads to more caffeine the next day to stay awake which...

I just thought I'd share my experience with caffeine and palpitations. Over the last 2 years I was getting palpitations on a daily basis. 5 days ago I completed stopped drinking tea (I used to drink about 5 to 7 cups a day) and the number of palpitations I get has decreased dramtically. My...

Hi Ottawagal, The glass is half-full in my mind. I am pleasantly surprised and satisfied as it was a very torough checkup. He thinks maybe in a paraxodical way the calcium channel blockers are helping in that they are decreasing the backflow of blood into the LV which is not what they are...

As some of you know I cancelled my surgery last March because of extreme anxiety so I was expecting a tough meeting with my cardiologist today. Another worry was that the condition had progressed. Anyway an echo was carried out today and it appears my left ventricle has decreased in size and...

While reading about Aortic Valve Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic website today I came across interesting data. They state that the mortality rate for minimally invasive isolated AVR is 0%. How is this possible? http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/disorders/valve/aorticvalvesurgery.aspx What is...

Yes I am meeting with my cardiologist next week. I have no idea what to ask him :-) but let's see how it goes.

Thanks again for your supportive messages. A concern I have is that since I last cancelled my surgery (last March) the condition may have progressed and by the time I do have the surgery it might have progressed even more.

Thank you all so much for your kind words and encouragement, I really can't wait to get over this hurdle. As somebody in the hospital said to me last year, I won'r be aware of the operation, I don't have to perform it :-) so there is no need to worry.

Some of you may know that I discharged myself from hospital the night before aortic valve replacement surgery earlier this year. Since then I have done alot of work with my fears and I feel I am ready to have surgery. What scared me the most were the following, the mention of the mortality...

Here is the echo info Echo July 2009 - Latest echo LVIDd 5.1cm LVIDs 4.0cm Mild to Moderate LVH Estimated Jection fraction 60%. Sigmoid sertum. Diastolic filling pattern is normal. E/A is 1, E/e is 6.3 LA size is normal at 2.7cm Mitral valve - No SAM Aortic valve is bicuspid - I knew that :-)...

Hi Mary, I have the results on paper and wasn't too sure which info to post up but I guess I can take a guess and type it in.

Hi all, It's been a while since I've been on this website because it was easier for me to put my 'head in the sand' but I had an independent echocardiograph last month and received the results today. I'm comparing the results to the echo before that which was last September 2008 and I haven't...