Experiences with

Heart block

Hi. Nice to 'meet' you all. I'm Nadine and I found out this week that I need to have open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve and to repair my ascending aorta as it is dilated. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all today and I was hoping that maybe someone had some advice and guidance about what

I’m having anxiety worrying about my husbands eco cardiogram on November 20th . He had a stroke last July caused by AF. His echo a month later showed his left ventricular ejection fraction at 33 percent . He s been on all the usual meds for the last 16 months to help strengthen his heart from stage

I’m 6 months today since my heart bypass and after feeling super positive and happy I was still here ,I now seem to have spiraled into feeling really down and questioning every decision I have made in life. I’m really struggling to cope and it seems that everyone just expects me to still be the person

hi there. I’m 39 and was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy at 14. I was not symptomatic when diagnosed but detected because my father had genetic DCM and was in heart failure.i am currently moderate and have a EJ of 41%. He was terribly ill for about ten to fifteen years and then received a heart

I had a triple heart bypass ,4 October 2 007 discharged 8th As I already a very strong healthy heart to begin with I had a bypass due to three narrowing of a blood vessel leading into the heart so they took a mammory, vessel from my chest to do the job but they did not stop the heart so I made a good

I went yesterday for another CT scan and although there has been no change in the size, both surgeons agreed that because of my GCA and family history, that they (and I), feel a better outcome would involve surgery. So I am scheduled for open heart surgery at the end of January. Even though I am

Hi guys ..it's been 7 months since my open heart surgery for mitral valve repair and just had my echo check and told there is some regurgitation in my repaired mitral valve. Obviously l am disappointed with this but was told by echo operator it's common to have a small leak after a repair or replacement

Hi, had a 2 lead pacemaker fitted 2022 after pace n ablate for Wolff Parkinson's White but went into pacing induced cardiomyopathy so had a upgrade to a CRT pacemaker 4 weeks ago.Still early days to notice any benefits but noticed my AF is worse, it's more noticeable now than before the upgrade and I

My son had open heart surgery and they left a needle inside of his chest.i tried to make a claim because he didnt die after i was told no.I think this is medical negligence it happend 8 years ago now.in my mind tbeyve gor away with it

My husband had a heart operation during covid pandemic It was a huge strain on me because l didn't receive help and support This had left my live in a mess Because nurses and doctors weren't aloud to enter your home aless an emergency. 2 years on we are drifting apart 😔. He's a great man and very

Not posted on here for a while as recovery going better than I had previously worried about. Now just after 6 months since triple CABG I have had a routine ECG and they have discovered that I have atrial flutter and want me to have an ablation to cure it. In the meantime I have to take Apixaban instead

Hi beautiful people, I have mitral mitral valve prolapse with moderate/severe mitral regurgitation and also get Afib episodes sometime would like to know if anyone is going through this, and if yes did you do the surgery? How is the recovery process from an open heart surgery?

hi , I had a heart attack on the golf course in 2007 , but no symptoms just a feeling that something wasn’t right, after making my way back to the clubhouse , just sat in the locker room , then heard sirens of an ambulance which someone must of called, had a quadruple heart bypass in Blackpool hospital

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure have been described as growing epidemics worldwide, with the number of people affected by both conditions increasing. AF is the most common arrhythmia, affecting 1.5 million people in the UK alone, and potentially 300,000 undiagnosed. If AF is left undetected

I had AF after first vaxx 2021 it was P-AF then went persistent in July 2023. I am under the EP team from Birmingham who come to Hereford. I also saw EP privately before going on nhs, he gave flecanide as a pip. It didn’t work, I have been seen by his team twice each time given different meds, and different

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Hello. Always sensible informed help here. I always seem to need more. I have severe refractory RLS for decades, for which I take Methadone 20 mg daily for very little relief. Currently waiting for an appointment with a pain specialist as neurologist isn’t happy to increase my dose. But I need your

Hi Tapanac. My BNP was also found to be raised about the same as yours. The lab referred me straight to Cardiology where I had tests done and then saw a cardiologist same day. I am in permanent AF CKD and high BP. He told me that most people in AF can have a raised BNP due to the nature of the disease

I have permanent atrial fibrillation, heart failure and impaired renal function I’ve just received a letter that my BNP is 1685. I know I shouldn’t look up the dreaded Dr Google but I did and it says that BNP should be no more than 100 and gives examples of how long one has to live. My figures

14 years ago i had a congenital heart defect corrected with aortic valve replacement. I opted for a mechanical valve replacement that required anti-coagulation therapy for life vs another surgery 10-15 yrs down the line. I've done well with the management of the anti-coagulation therapy and all was going