Still Ticking
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All,
I have had a relatively low heart rate most of my life which I attributed to good physical conditioning and lucky genetics. I am now 68 and recently had minimally invasive surgery to repair my mitral valve problem which I had to some extent all my life (I was born with a heart murmur). That was 9 1/2 weeks ago and I have been able to rebuild my physical endurance and conditioning to a reasonable extent. One thing I have noticed is my resting heart has increased significantly since prior to the surgery.
For a last 5 years since I began tracking it, my sleeping heart rate would fall down into the mid-40s. During the day it would increase and often be in the mid 50's at rest but it would respond appropriately when I exercised or exerted myself and I didn't notice any shortness of breath. An AFIB event was what triggered the tests which uncovered my mitral valve problem.
That said, since my valve repair surgery my heart rate seems to have settled down and is now averaging about 10 bmp higher throughout the day (much more in the normal range) than prior to the surgery. I did a quick internet search and found that some studies have indicated mitral valve prolapse is associated with bradycardia and am now wondering if repairing this valve will put me permanently back into the normal range with regards to heart rate. It will be a few more weeks before I get back into my old level of physical conditioning, but I will be surprised if it drops much lower.
Just wondering if anyone else on this forum experienced the same sort of thing.
I have had a relatively low heart rate most of my life which I attributed to good physical conditioning and lucky genetics. I am now 68 and recently had minimally invasive surgery to repair my mitral valve problem which I had to some extent all my life (I was born with a heart murmur). That was 9 1/2 weeks ago and I have been able to rebuild my physical endurance and conditioning to a reasonable extent. One thing I have noticed is my resting heart has increased significantly since prior to the surgery.
For a last 5 years since I began tracking it, my sleeping heart rate would fall down into the mid-40s. During the day it would increase and often be in the mid 50's at rest but it would respond appropriately when I exercised or exerted myself and I didn't notice any shortness of breath. An AFIB event was what triggered the tests which uncovered my mitral valve problem.
That said, since my valve repair surgery my heart rate seems to have settled down and is now averaging about 10 bmp higher throughout the day (much more in the normal range) than prior to the surgery. I did a quick internet search and found that some studies have indicated mitral valve prolapse is associated with bradycardia and am now wondering if repairing this valve will put me permanently back into the normal range with regards to heart rate. It will be a few more weeks before I get back into my old level of physical conditioning, but I will be surprised if it drops much lower.
Just wondering if anyone else on this forum experienced the same sort of thing.