My second cardio visit since my AVR

[d333gs]

Valve is perfect but my heart seems thick: She said it could be from lots of things but thinks it is my weight lifting.
I lift weights about 3 times a week but moderately . On the other hand I push very hard on my bike = strenuous exercise.
I bike or hard walk between an 1.5 hours and two hours a day. I have no symptoms of MYOCARDITIS.
https://myocarditisuk.com/myocarditis-symptoms-and-causes/#symptoms

Athletes heart could be a possibility
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23920-athletes-heart
I will get a stress test Dec 23.

I will keep you updated

 

[tjay]

Valve is perfect but my heart seems thick: She said it could be from lots of things but thinks it is my weight lifting.
I lift weights about 3 times a week but moderately . On the other hand I push very hard on my bike = strenuous exercise.
I bike or hard walk between an 1.5 hours and two hours a day. I have no symptoms of MYOCARDITIS.
https://myocarditisuk.com/myocarditis-symptoms-and-causes/#symptoms

Athletes heart could be a possibility
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23920-athletes-heart
I will get a stress test Dec 23.

I will keep you updated

You mean you've LV "concentric" hypertrophy, or thickening of the heart wall? Did you have it prior to the surgery too, and how long it's been since surgery?
Heart takes time to remodel after surgery, so it may be just that?

I'm glad you're following up on that, and otherwise you seem to be doing great and in a good shape working out both aerobically and anaerobically.
Keep us posted.

 

[d333gs]

You mean you've LV "concentric" hypertrophy, or thickening of the heart wall? Did you have it prior to the surgery too, and how long it's been since surgery?
Heart takes time to remodel after surgery, so it may be just that?

I'm glad you're following up on that, and otherwise you seem to be doing great and in a good shape working out both aerobically and anaerobically.
Keep us posted.

Thanks for the reply tjay!
Before surgery,I asked the senior cardiologist at the hospital if the left ventricle had thickened and he said no. My first post-op visit to my local cardiologist said everything was in working order. This time she said it had thickened and that she thought it was weight lifting. She told me to stop and give it a year. But ,in the mean time she set up a stress test. I know where I am doing excessive force,and it is on my bike.I don't ride like a tourist. There is a lot of standing up on the bike to pump up hills, which is hard. My blood pressure can get up in the mid140s if I check it directly after typical daily life running around activity.What it gets up to when biking ,I don't know but I bet it is high. On the other hand, when I sit down and relax for a couple of minutes it will be between 128/ 68 and 118/68 and less.