20 years

JohnnyD said:

HI all, Aug 12th was my 20 year anniversary of my mitral valve repair. Honestly I wasn’t sure I’d make it this far. For those about to go in for their surgery I hope this give you some confidence. I have mixed feelings about posting as I know there are people out there struggling. Best wishes to all.
FYI I had an ablation last fall and it seems to have fixed my arrhythmia which I had since the surgery in 2004, I had been misdiagnosed with Vtach. I will mention this community helped me get through the surgery back in the day. Thanks

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ncw3642 said:

As someone who has had what (to me) seems like random bouts of SVT for a few years now (random HR increases to 140-150 for 30 seconds to 2 minutes at rest/not provoked) that seems to happen every couple months, can you share what your symptoms were for your arrhythmia/how the recovery from the ablation was?

I mention that it only happens every couple months but I had one period after my valve replacement/aneurysm repair (around post-op week 4, that it happened multiple times a day for a couple days) so I am trying to look into what an ablation involves incase it becomes more frequent in the future.

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JohnnyD said:

HI all, Aug 12th was my 20 year anniversary of my mitral valve repair. Honestly I wasn’t sure I’d make it this far.

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