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Well I spoke too soon. Last week I had an episode of 185 HR for about 15 minutes before it subsided within 30 minutes. I felt alittle off which is not the norm. I recorded several readings on my Kardia 6L and sent them to my cardio via MyChart. He replied it was either an atrial flutter or...

Heart care never really ends. The 30 day monitor was weird in the sense that It recorded nothing in the month between my afib events. 21 pages of babel. But necessary for piece of mind. Good luck.

My wife is 5'9" and her CT scans came back at 4.1 cm both in 2018 and 2022. Her cardio said it should be about 3.6 cm but isn't very concerned and is just going to watch it. I thought I remember being told that it doesn't typically move that fast and that he'd be concerned if it starts moving...

In all 3 cases, it peaked at about 185 bpm. The first time was the day after Christmas 2021. At that time, I was comparing the data on my Fitbit and my Kardia and they were similar. It lasted at most 2 hours. I drove myself to the ER. By the time I was being checked out, the HR went back...

I had mitral valve repair in 2009. My cardio always mentioned that a-fib is a possibility after MV repair especially after 60 years of age. I had my first a-fib episode at 58 and then 2 episodes within 3 months at the age of 60. Note: all episodes corrected by itself. So, he put me on Eliquis...

Hello, I've had 3 episodes of Afib over 4 years. The tachycardia resolves on its own in all episodes. I had a 30 day event monitor with no incident. My cardio put me on metoprolol tartrate, (25mg per day total). I also take 162 mg of low dose aspirin to help with controlled high blood...

Yes thats what my cardio and ID doctors say.

I had endocarditis in 2014. The only thing I do is take amoxicillin before all dental cleaning and procedures. I was also instructed by my cardiologist to take amoxicillin before any procedure that I'm probed such as colonoscopies, biopsies, dental extractions, ect. I really just make sure...

I had MV repair 14 years ago. I had a few episodes of AFib last year. My cardio said that AFib is something that can develop after valve surgery especially after 60 years of age which ironically was the time it developed. Anyway he did put me on a beta blocker metoprolol tartrate 10 mg daily...

I'm nowhere close to a doctor. I went 3 years at moderate regurgitation with my mitral valve. That's like a Level 3ish. When you reach mod to severe, Level 4 ish, then there will probably be talk about intervention. That's what happened to me. Your EF looks ok I think. I would guess that...

Once in a while. they may ask once during a session. That is a bit odd to me.

I had this surgery 13 years ago. I remember initially being on a bunch of beta blockers post surgery until I was weened off of them after a month or so. Fast fowarding into the present, I currently take Metoprolol Tartrate (2x a day) for AFib. One of the possible side effects can be dizzyness...

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Yes there are lifting restrictions. I do remember that first winter, 6 months later, the incisions being a little tingly. Sort of that problem area discomfort with bad weather concept. That went away subsequently.

With robotic. Very little to none. You will be on pain medications as it's surgery but it'll be ok. I was walking in the hospital after a day or 2. We're talking feet and yards not miles btw. Maybe 5-10' a few times a day. Remember this. Walking is very critical to get your lungs active...

Well my surgery was different than yours, but it was my first and was, of course, scary. I was 47 yo. But I did well. You definitely lose track of time by the time you enter the OR, count backwards from 100, I got to 95, to the time you wake up in ICU which was about 5 hours later still with...

I've been under my cardiologist's care both a few years prior to surgery and to the present day. I can't imagine not. If your retired cardio was part of a bigger practice, I'd think about going to one of them for at least a consult and a discussion of this matter.

I had a bout of pleural effusion starting around the 8 week mark post surgery. I think the fluid was around 200ml and I was given a steroid pack and maybe another med. It did ultimately go away within a few weeka, but the on again off again moving pain was not cool.

My first TEE 13 years ago was a nervous experience and I was given some kind of sedation so that I didn't remember it. I had 3 subsequent TEE's and was possibly more relaxed, although the situation was more critical, so I felt less sedated and did fine. In fact I was able to stay sort of awake...