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Shari
Last night I noticed that my husband's heart sounded irregular. We were just lying in bed talking and I kept hearing two quick "thump-thump's" after three normally paced "thumps." I mentioned this to him and he said it's always done that ("always" meaning "after surgery"). I've never heard it before, although I usually don't purposefully listen to his heart all day. I feel it's not normal so I called his internist today to give a heads-up. (He is going to the Dr. later today to have some bloodwork done after his rehab nurse thought he looked pale last Friday. I haven't noticed anything unusual in his coloring, but I guess it's better to be safe than sorry.) Looking for any input here. He was just taken off ameoderone in early October. (He was put on it after surgery when he kept going into A-fib - but his heart rate would go all the way up to 150+ back then.) So what do you think? I always worry about the valve leaking or the stitches that hold the aortic graft in place popping out. Anyone have any ideas on this or have experienced the same thing? I'll let you know what we find out.