Experiences with

Heart valve diseases

A relative staying with me has to have mitral valve replacement and is currently in hospital waiting for surgery. Just curious what will be required of me to take care of him after surgery. Apparently he will have surgery and then go to ICU for a few days and then come back to my home. I am in my 80'

Hi Everyone, Been in sinus rhythm since Jan 22 from cardioversion due to PAFIB. However since July I have been experiencing ectopic beats. An ecg showed that I have PVC and LVH both usually innocent. But I am experiencing the extopic beats most of the day every day. I had a holter monitor last month

I recently had a phone call following up an echocardiogram which had revealed a small pericardial effusion. I assumed I was speaking to a minion of the cardiologist who had made me feel like a gross hypochondriac but when I received the follow up letter I found it was from an ‘Interventional Consultant

I’m just about 5 weeks post Aortic valve replacement and slowly getting more active . My paroxysmal AF increased substantially after surgery which was expected and Amiodarone was prescribed in hospital . I’ve gone from 3 times a day to once a day and in about a week will come off it for the two weeks

Back in 2008, I was diagnosed with AFIB and, after an echo, was also told that I had a bicuspid aortic valve. An ablation in 2018 lasted only 8 months and I was soon back in afib and back on rhythm and rate meds. Fast forward to this past March when I got Covid and my paroxysmal afib turned to persistent

Have been on Losartan 100mg for a long time and most mornings I seem to be often clearing my throat. I looked up on Google was this a symptom of the drug and read to my horror that Losartan had been recalled because of cancer scares! I haven't been told by the pharmacist of any such problem. I hope it

I don’t really know what to call it but I’m suffering from the feeling you get when you’ve had a test, know the tester can’t tell you anything but are trying to work out whether they gave you a hint or not 🤔 I was just about to phone cardiology to ask whether my echo had been booked at all as I’d had

My husband has a long history of heart issues, angioplasty and stents 2005 after 2nd MI (we have no idea when the first was as no symptoms), Permanent AF 2012. Aortic incompetence/ stenosis for years, sleep apnoea.Sep 23 cardiologist felt intervention for aortic valve necessary but needed angiogram before

Good day folks! As promised,an update on yesterday's appointment. Quite lengthy,you might need a cuppa ready lol It went well,even with the terrible mobile signal here( eventually asked him to call me back on landline) We went through the history,and what happened ' when I came off flecanide ' I

My husband had his transplant in 2017. He has been ill for some time and had a PET scan 10 days ago. He has been diagnosed with Lymphoproliferative disorder. Does anyone know anything about this?

I am scheduled to have open heart surgery (OHS) to replace my aortic valve and while my chest is open the surgeon said they believe it would be a good time to perform a Maze ablation for my persistent afib. FYI: I was diagnosed with afib and tach back in 2008 - both were controlled well with flecainide

Hi all, I’ve been quiet on the group for a while now as after my horrible introduction to rapid AF 18 months ago prompting a couple of stays in CCU things have settled on meds. The cardiologist has discharged me back to the Gp , apart from ectopics & odd thumps/ bumps I am well on adizem & flecanide

Hello everyone, I am new to this site so let me introduce myself I live with my husband on the outskirts of Llandudno on the North Wales coast. I am very fortunate that both my children & grandchildren live locally. We have a 2 year old cavapoo who together with our 2 year old grand-twins provide

anyone else have AF and MAD (mitral annular disjunction) . It was picked up during cardiac MRI. The displacement is 5mm, mild mitral valve prolapse and regurgitation. Neither my cardiologist or EP have said anything about it apart from put me on another very long waiting list to see a more specialist

It is the peak of spring allergy season here, as well as other great stuff like air pollution. So I just wanted to share the results of today's testing of my wearable air purifier for asthma. I am lucky to have wooded hills out of my door, so I do not have to scare people while walking there. The device

I wonder if somebody can assist with a question. I'm a 46 year old with a minor mitral valve prolapse. Possible sinus nerve damage on the lower ventricle but minor. I'm not on medication. There is no known 'major' issue or treatment plan suggested by cardiologist. I am very fit with low heart beat. Have

I caught a bad cold (tested negative for COVID) in November 2022 and on the day that started, I went into AFib. I wasn’t given any treatment because I was already on Warfarin due to my aortic valve replacement in March 2015. I finally saw a consultant about the AFib in May 2023 and was put on Isosorbide

My mitral valve is deteriorating and surgery is in my future. I’m 72, in good health besides aFib and my valve. I’m interested in robotic surgery and if I would qualify. Curious what other folks experience is.

Hi all, I'm a Newbie here.I have Asthma and COPD. I'm back on my Relvar ( after a brief change to Trimbow) which made my breathing worse. I just got prescribed an additional inhaler yesterday ( Incruse Elipta) I took the one puff yesterday evening and within a couple of hrs I was having palpations.

Hello everyone, Just wondering if anyone has taken Perdnisone or Prednisolone with Warfarin ? Experienced any drug interactions ? Many thanks, Rosegardens