M
Mara
Hi-
One year check up went very well.
"Scarily normal" according to the cardio.
EKG looked normal, no signs of hypertrophy. So the heart muscle does shrink back to a normal size afterall.
Echo looked good. Aortic valve (my old pulmonic) has no leaks and isfunctioning normally. The pulmonic (the syrnergraft) has a small leak, but that's not uncommon, or unexpected and the cardio said he would consider it normal because the pulmonic side is so low pressure that I will never be able to tell.
I asked him about the high pressure on my old pulmonic, now in the arotic position and he said that the valve can take it. Seems that when we are in utero those two valves are subjected to the same pressure and develop the same, it's only after we are born that the pulmonic is under reduced pressure. So, it appears that the valve can take the high pressure in the aortic position.
I see the surgeon on the 29th and will post interesting tidbits I get from him, especially his take on the whole CryoLife mess.
Thanks for reading.
-Mara
One year check up went very well.
"Scarily normal" according to the cardio.
EKG looked normal, no signs of hypertrophy. So the heart muscle does shrink back to a normal size afterall.
Echo looked good. Aortic valve (my old pulmonic) has no leaks and isfunctioning normally. The pulmonic (the syrnergraft) has a small leak, but that's not uncommon, or unexpected and the cardio said he would consider it normal because the pulmonic side is so low pressure that I will never be able to tell.
I asked him about the high pressure on my old pulmonic, now in the arotic position and he said that the valve can take it. Seems that when we are in utero those two valves are subjected to the same pressure and develop the same, it's only after we are born that the pulmonic is under reduced pressure. So, it appears that the valve can take the high pressure in the aortic position.
I see the surgeon on the 29th and will post interesting tidbits I get from him, especially his take on the whole CryoLife mess.
Thanks for reading.
-Mara