"i have only experienced the "irregular" heartbeat issue because of i had to change my blood pressure monitor because of the mechanical noise of the valve messing up measurement. up until now, from what i can remember, i have not suffered…"
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I am just coming up to 5 mths post op (mechanical valve replacement) and have since December 2010 suffered from an irregular heart beat ranging from simply irregular to being in the 160's to 170's. I…Continue
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Graeme replied to Andrew Morris's discussion Irregular heart beat"Hi David..
let us know how you get on..I have had some quite wild fluctuations with my INR lately and have felt--as you said..not quite right..Funny how you can tell isn't it?
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David Julian replied to Andrew Morris's discussion Irregular heart beat"I too have had odd moments of irregular heart beats since the op. No more at first than a few seconds of flutter or missed beats. A number of 24 hour tapes showed no problem. Last week though I had a more proleonged spell of feeling all was not…"
Gerry replied to Andrew Morris's discussion Irregular heart beat"I also experienced irregular heart beats approx 5 weeks after surgery which landed me in hospital. After several hours of rapid heart beats things subsided and my heart went back into sinus rythmn on its own. I was given amiodorone for 3 months and…"
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welcome to the Mechanical Heart Valve Forum! I see you have jumped straight in already with your posts - great! Keep them coming!
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Graeme replied to Andrew Morris's discussion Irregular heart beat"Andrew
this is a new one. I have 'thought' at times that my heart beat has gone a bit 'irregular' but all my yearly cardio tests show it to be normal...but still sometimes i swear it has skipped a beat or 2 especially when i am…"
Andrew Morris replied to Graeme's discussion Is your heart valve noisy ??"Mine is a constant clicking and can cause me some anxiety if my environment is very quiet and its all I can hear. Hopefully it will subside somewhat as time passes"
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I am just coming up to 5 mths post op (mechanical valve replacement) and have since December 2010 suffered from an irregular heart beat ranging from simply irregular to being in the 160's to 170's. I have been admitted to hospital on one occasion and had my meds changed more recently to treat the heart rate.I'm in need of some reassurance that this will be likely to subside as I find it unsettling to say the least and would otherwise have a 'pleasant' recovery. I know this may be unlikely but…See More
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