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You ask: All things being equal, is recovery time different for by-pass patients , mitral valve repairs and replacements, aortic valve repairs and replacements,
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If you have complications, of course all bets are off. In general, though, my impression is that recovery has been very fast, and is leaving very few permanent problems. was that recovery went very fast. I am convinced that we AVR patients are the luckiest on the ward [if you ignore the fact that we are ON the ward in the first place]. When all is said and done, our recovery leaves very little permanent damage to heart muscle, and we don't have sites on our legs where arteries and veins were harvested--friends with bypass surgery say those heal slower and are more painful than the heart surgery.
Coming up three months, there are a few things I shouldn't do (e.g., heavy lifting), but overall I'm living much as before, very little medication, bp and HR and hematocrit etc. normalizing quickly.
Caveat: I opted for the xenograft, a pig valve. Your medication regimen is different if you choose a mechanical valve.
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If you have complications, of course all bets are off. In general, though, my impression is that recovery has been very fast, and is leaving very few permanent problems. was that recovery went very fast. I am convinced that we AVR patients are the luckiest on the ward [if you ignore the fact that we are ON the ward in the first place]. When all is said and done, our recovery leaves very little permanent damage to heart muscle, and we don't have sites on our legs where arteries and veins were harvested--friends with bypass surgery say those heal slower and are more painful than the heart surgery.
Coming up three months, there are a few things I shouldn't do (e.g., heavy lifting), but overall I'm living much as before, very little medication, bp and HR and hematocrit etc. normalizing quickly.
Caveat: I opted for the xenograft, a pig valve. Your medication regimen is different if you choose a mechanical valve.
