hello all. Worried about my son who had a repair to co-arctation of the aorta over 30 years ago when he was just 8 weeks old. He also has a bicuspid valve. So far he has done well but now has high blood pressure which doesn’t seem to respond well to medication. Because of that, he took a stress exercise test to see how his blood pressure was performing this week and they had to stop the test when his blood pressure reach 260. He is awaiting further tests but I am really really anxious. Has anyone else experience/ have any knowledge of this? he’s taking two different types of blood pressure tablets but has now been told not to do the running he normally does until they get the results of the test. Feels well in himself but obviously something is wrong..
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very high blood pressure during exercise stress test
Hello and welcome to the forum!
May I ask what his resting BP is and what medication he is on for it? A friend had polycystic kidneys which cause serious BP problems and the need for medication from a young age. He went into kidney failure about seven years ago . Fortunately a donor was found quite quickly and he had a successful transplant. But years of BP problems caused narrowing of the arteries which meant a double bypass six months later.
Hi Michael. His resting bp is 154/50.. on rampiril and amildopine. Repaired coarctation often leaves high bp. But the stress exercise test result was dangerously high. They have upped his medication and re doing test in couple of weeks. He usually runs quite a lot but has has been told not to.
I am no expert in this field, however, my initial thought, as a retired GP, is that your son should have had blood tests (and possibly follow up scans etc.) to check his kidney function and an echocardiogram and possibly other scans to check his heart, looking especially for evidence of recurrence of aortic narrowing [this can be dealt with]. The main thing is follow up with his GP/cardiologist, while avoiding strenuous exercise or stress, until this is sorted. How worrying for you both. Such a young man. I wish your son all the very best.
Thank you for your very helpful reply. This is all in hand, appointments booked. Yearly check up in May of this year Echo and scans were ok. Dr has upped his BP medication and BP down to 138/70 today, a very anxious wait…
I totally understand the issue being all consuming for you, especially with it being your son but please remember getting yourself into a state will change nothing. All the medical things you can do are being done, it sounds like your son is being sensible with his exercise etc and his situation is stabilising/responding to medication. At the very least you all know there is a problem to monitor. That is so much better than a horrible ticking time bomb waiting to go off that nobody knows about. Wishing your son the best of luck to get back to his exercise, but I personally had to scale back my exercise significantly. I did find a new normal and adjust though and he may need to do the same.
Thank you very much for your kind reply.
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