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FWIW, my understanding is that there are implantable devices that may help the heart in case of cardiac failure. But whether they are applicable or not is probably a question to cardiologist.

:) I'm happy that you have access to the place you feel so good about. I have my reservations about Stanford, but didn't mean to go into that discussion. My comment on the prices was purely factual, not critical.

Well... you might've been used to seeing Stanford prices. I heard similar numbers for surgeries done there.

Thanks for the clarification. I think it's useful to see the range of experiences and devices :)

Certainly. But that's probably still fun? :)

FWIW, I recall the heart-shaped pillow was helping, but only when I press it hard against the wound before coughing. The light press would not do it.

And warfarin is not even unique in this respect. Other drugs have the grapefruit contraindication as well.

It might be a language difference (*). In the US the different years have labels: 1st - freshman, 2nd - sophomore, 3rd - junior, 4th - senior. That said, it would've been better to say something like "senior year". And to describe the scope of the task better, as you pointed out. I can sort of...

I think you guys are correct. However, for the undergraduate students' project making a working new product is probably not a requirement. If the development leads to a new thing, great. If not, they will still learn a lot :) And once in a while tinkering does lead to a new thing.

The coagulation time outside the body looks non-trivial. From a brief look, there is a temperature dependence for the blood outside the body. But it is not monotonic. And there is a container surface dependence. Maybe these factors can be exploited to get a reasonable test time. Would certainly...

Hm, that's what's going on :) Not sure if I should be flattered at this point 🤔 How do you know it was "bullying", btw? Just because somebody mentioned the word in this thread? Or maybe there was some other reason? Well, sure, if your neighbors don't say exactly what you want to hear, then...

Oh no. It's just a feedback into how this interaction looks like.

No, it was just a single course long time ago. I probably didn't explain it well. The 1st episode happened while still in the hospital post-surgery. So they started on Amiodarone, which lasted in total of about 5 weeks. The 2nd episode occurred at the tail end of the course, with about a week to...

Well, @carolinemc , I have to conclude that you cannot support your repeated baseless accusation. With all the reputation-damaging consequences that this may entail. Repeating the same basic info instead (that nobody's arguing with) is a weird move. Not that it matters really, but it's kind of...

I would concur with @dick0236 , that this is the prime feature for the cardiologist to look at. I have some parallels with your story. Got AFib 1st time on the 2nd day post surgery. Went on Amiodarone for 6 weeks. Then 2nd time AFib happened about 5 weeks later. (Still on Amiodarone, but it...

They can make such choice. Or I could decide that they were trying to intentionally gaslight me. But who knows, maybe instead there is something to clarify in that communication. Oh yes, that's noted. Might happen naturally due to the attention span limits (and I'm not even on Twitter...

Nope, I didn't. Please kindly find me a quote to support your claim. It looks very unreasonable from my POV.

😀 Sure. And if one thinks that "imagination is more important than knowledge", then any fantasy comes true. Easy!

Well, sounds like it's not fragile/brittle!

Yes, of course. I never said otherwise. Can add AFib to the list...