Problems with aortic valve replacement ?

[Paleowoman]

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199109193251207

That article confirms that my transient loss of vision was a TIA where it says:
"emboli typically obstruct a branch of a retinal artery, causing loss of vision in the upper or lower visual field.”
I lost exactly the lower half of the visual field in my right eye because there was an emboli/clot in the right retinal artery.

 

[dornole]

Yup and I had that exact same language in my charts, amaurosis fugax. You can do what you want obviously, but both Paleowoman and are telling you based on personal experience that these symptoms could be quite serious and shouldn’t be blown off.

 

[carolinemc]

It's a spasm . https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199109193251207

Are you a Cardiologist specialist and graduated from Medical School to know that it is a spasm?

 

[Mike1959]

Saw cardiologist and had echo this afternoon - the valve is okay !! The echo is virtually the same as last year’s echo !

Cardiologist said the results showing on the ECG are just reflecting that I have left ventricular hypertrophy which I’ve always had. He still thinks it’s TIA that I had and is referring me to a consultant neurologist he knows for his opinion on whether it’s TIA or perhaps something to do with migraine. I will probably have a CT Angio, then I will see my cardiologist again, perhaps have Holter monitor, but meanwhile carry on with the aspirin.

When I went to the eye clinic the day before yesterday the eye doctor and the senior eye doctor looked at the back of my eye and looked at the OCT scan which had been done last week just a few hours after I had had the last episode of transient partial loss of vision in my right eye - I wrote down what they said, there were “no retinal artery or vein occlusions”.

So I am most relieved that at least my heart and aortic valve replacement are still okay

Well one the Valve is still working ok - from a fellow UK AVR -

Sounds like you are doing well keep up the good work!