They kept me in the hospital for an extra day to get my INR into the recommended range. The surgeon doing rounds told me I would go home, but the surgeon who did the work later decided he wanted me to stay an extra day. I still was released with my INR being a few points from optimum, but for my St. Jude valve, being on the low side is not a problem. It took about 4 weeks before my INR hit the "right" range. My cardiologist said because of my valve type that it was not a problem.
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TheGymGuy
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Ditto on what Tom said. They let me out with a very low INR, but it came back within a week or a little longer. No one seemed to be concerned about it and just told me to be patient and it slowly went up just like they anticipated.
