one year follow up

[cldlhd]

I had my one year follow up today and glad to report it was mostly a thumbs up . They confirmed my suspicion that a ct angio usually does show some calcification/ scar tissue one year post surgery due to endothelial damage and it's expected to stabilize now that everything is healed . My left ventricle has shrunk a bit back to normal size and the echo shows my lvef is about 60%. The echo I had 5 days post surgery showed a peak ejection fraction of 7.4 now it's 10.0 and my mean was 4.0 now it's 5.0. So celebrated with a nice meal and a few pints-cheers!

 

[AZ Don]

Glad to hear that you got good news.

 

[cldlhd]

Glad to hear that you got good news.

Thanks Don, can't believe it's been a year but I guess that's a common feeling.

 

[skeptic49]

Glad you got a good report, Chris!

Jim

 

[cldlhd]

Glad you got a good report, Chris!

Jim

Thanks Jim, and since I saw the nurse practitioner instead of Bavaria I was in and out in a half hour!

 

[honeybunny]

You definitely deserved a celebratory meal with grownup beverages. Congrats!

 

[neil]

brill news, lots of choccy for you

 

[pellicle]

glad that you got a good result and that things are returning to normal

 

[cldlhd]

Thanks for the kind words all.

 

[MethodAir]

Great news, cldlhd. What had initially caused your left ventricle to increase a bit in size?

 

[harrietW]

Congratulations that's wonderful news worth a celebration!

 

[tsanjose]

huge congrats! and very uplifting for us newbies to the group...

 

[cldlhd]

Great news, cldlhd. What had initially caused your left ventricle to increase a bit in size?

My aortic valve had a small but highly turbulent leak. I assume now that the leak is fixed the left ventricle doesn't have to work as hard. They said it's back on normal range.