Search results

I have been remiss in a couple of things. Staying in contact with this board (because I thought I was "fixed"), and more importantly, haven't really consistently followed the results of my repaired aortic valve. In December, 2010, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, they were able to take some of my...

Hello all, I am four weeks post-op today, from the AV repair, and three weeks post EP/ablation. Have been having lots of, what felt like, irregular heartbeats, so to be sure, my cardiologist had me come in, and ran some ECG strips. Good news: I'm NOT in atrial fibrillation, but my heart rate is...

Hello friends, Just touching base to let you know that I am out of the hospital, and "home" at our host house, still in Rochester. We're to fly home tomorrow, to California. Can't wait to see our son, Sam! We are so happy with the choice we made to go to Mayo Clinic. The outcome was the best...

Here's the link to the latest update on CaringBridge, for those that are interested. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/cherielayton I just copied and pasted today's entry below, but if you want to see the rest, you can go to the link. I'm feeling it now......this is ACTUALLY going to happen...

and said they moved my EP Drs consultation earlier. We begin our rounds of appts on the 21st (Dec), with lab work, echo, consultation with Dr. Miller (cardiologist). Then, the next day WAS just supposed to be a TEE at 1pm, but now I will see EP Drs in the a.m. Originally, my appt with them...

My husband and I leave for Mayo (Rochester) in about three weeks. (flying out on Dec. 20th). Am I scared. Yup. Am I obsessessed? Nope, cuz our big Christmas musical opens tonight. If I haven't mentioned it before, my 11 yr old son, and I are in a musical, that opens now, until Dec. 19th. It's a...

Received the patient packet from Mayo Clinic today. This is really happening! Had my heart cath Friday. My arteries are clean (as expected), but my cardiologist was surprised (?) to find that my LVEDP was 22. (Normal is <12ish?) The only problem with the procedure was that they couldn't get an...

Hello, I am new to this forum, and just wanted to introduce myself. 20 years ago, my aortic valve was either torn, or perforated during an attempted catheter ablation of an accessory electrical pathway in my heart. Since that time, I have had aortic regurgitation, which is now classified as...