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    Electrical Problems Related to Mitral Valve?

    Wondering if others might have had severe ventricular tach problems seemingly related to a valve, particularly mitral valve, and what options you explored. I consider my case worst case scenario, but I'm told there are others. After extensive testing here's my diagnosis from one if the best...
  2. J

    Electrical Problems Related to Mitral Valve?

    Wondering if others might have had severe ventricular tach problems seemingly related to a valve, particularly mitral valve, and what options you explored. I consider my case worst case scenario, but I'm told there are others. After extensive testing here's my diagnosis from one if the best...
  3. J

    OMG. Almost forgot my anniversary!

    Just realized its been 3 years since my mitral valve repair. Dec 27. I celebrated by almost forgetting. So these days I am running about 20+ miles a week. I bike. Swim and do a bunch of other things. Went surfing Xmas eve in the frosty North Atlantic. Just me and some seals. Great waves. I do my...
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    Mitral Valve Leakage After Repair

    I am now 3 years post MV repair. The repair was done using DaVinci at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The good news is the my EF is now back up to 70, the palpitations are gone, and per a very recent echo, the left atrium is now almost nornal while the left ventricle is now normal too. Before the...
  5. J

    1 yr post MV Repair - Interesting (Positive) Results

    Just had a full re-eval at Mayo Clinic 1 yr after Min Invasive Robotic MV Repair with modified maze procedure. Echo showed significant remodeling (shrinking) of both the left atirum and left ventricle. LV now normal (it had been moderately enlarged) and LA now moderately enlarged. It had been...
  6. J

    10 Months Later (good, no make that real good)

    I have not been on much but thought I would check in. I had my valve surgery last December. They say it takes about 1 yr to fully recover, and now I would say that would be about right. I took it easy after surgery, but kept at the exercise. I ran hard at first, but I was not making the gains...
  7. J

    Why does it take so long to recover?

    Things are going about as well as one can expect now, 6 mos out from MV repair. I can run, I can ride a bike, I can swim, I can surf, I can play a little soccer with my kids. My bike and my swim stamina is a lot closer to my pre-op days than my run. As an example, before op, I would average...
  8. J

    Pre-Medication for Visits to Dentist ?

    For those with valve (esp Mitral Valve) repairs/replacements - What have you been told? Do you take meds before a visit to the dentist?
  9. J

    Milestone

    I had a sloppy run today. Surgery was on Dec 27 2010. No where close to my level of stamina pre op. But at the end of my run, I looked down at my Garmin 310 XT GPS watch, at the "odometer" of total miles run: 500 miles All of these miles were logged AFTER my first cardiac arrest, all while...
  10. J

    Post Op Exercise Stress Test: Good and Bad

    The big day finally arrived, my first exercise stress test following MV repair surgery on Dec 27. This test was actually my 3rd workout post op. I did some stairs about 2 weeks ago, and ran/walked 3 miles last Staurday. So they hooked me up to a thousand wires and got the treadmill rolling. It...
  11. J

    My First "Workout" Mitral Valve Post Repair Surgery

    I knew I couldn't wait. I just had to do something. My stress test is not for another 2 weeks. I didn't want to run outside in the ice, although I felt like I easily could have. I wanted to keep it "safe". Indoors. So I put on the shorts, put on my garmin heart rate monitor, fired up the...
  12. J

    Going off Warfarin

    So now its + 6 weeks after my repair surgery. First, no more Lasix Then, no more Oxycodone Then, no more Tylenol Now, no more Warfarin So far, I don't feel or notice anything different. I don't think the Warfarin had any adverse effects on me. The blood tests were a minor pain in the *ss, and...
  13. J

    Mitral Valve Repair - 1 Month Later

    Background I was originally referred to a team of cardiac specialists due to serious issues with ventricular (VT and VF) events, a few requiring an ICD shock. During a routine evaluation, I had an updated Echo (in Nov) which now indicated severe mitral regurgitation, so I opted to have an MV...
  14. J

    Cardiac Rehab

    I was very active before mitral valve prolapse symptoms and surgery, doing triathlons etc. I am amost 4 weeks out from robotic MV repair surgery and starting to feel like I could actually do a little exercise, maybe even run a few miles. Has anyone done the cardiac rehab thing? When do they...
  15. J

    Mitral valve prolapse causing ventricular arrhythmias

    Greetings all. I am new here. 48 yrs old, very active, otherwise very healthy. I have a long history of mitral valve prolapse which appeared to have eventually led to serious problems with ventricular tachycardia. The growing frequency of the arrhythmias (including several episodes of sudden...
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