Mended Hearts Open Forum

I had been a jogger for 20+ years when I was diagnosed with a leaky mitral valve. I went to a cardiologist and settled on a plan to just keeping doing my jogging and do regular monitoring of the valve. About 10 years later, I was doing a task with ...

Hi everyone, I am glad to have come across this organization as I am in need of support. I am 64 years old, exercise regularly, and in very good health other than my heart problem. I found out at a routine physical in May of 2023 that I had a "heart ...

Mike, I am 4-1/2 years out from CABG3X that was done under similar circumstances. It should have been 4X but the one artery was too small to fix. I thought I had recurring esophagus spasms, went for the stress test and ended up with the cath and being ...

Thanks for the replies. The issue cleared over the two rest days of Saturday and Sunday and hasn't returned this week while continuing rehab. ------------------------------ Arlyn Stewart White Oak TX ------------------------------

I suspect that most of us who have had a sternotomy sense concern about sternum integrity while we recover. My surgery PA had me in for four visits, during the last three, she listened to chest during a cough to detect any clicking and thus looseness ...