Hi all! My sister, aged 41, just had open heart surgery yesterday. She had
- Mitral valve repair
- valve sparing aortic root replacement
- maze procedure to correct AFib
- left atrial appendage closure
she is currently in icu because they're wanting to completely wean her off the blood pressure meds and see if she can maintain a good BP on her own. Right now it's around 90/60, which they said is common for patients after open heart because of the anesthesia and loss of volume
after OHS, she went into Afib and her HR was around 80. Today, she was in atrial flutter and HR 130s. They are giving her IV amiodorone to bring the heart rate down.
I just wanted to see if anyone else experienced either a low blood pressure or irregular heartbeat post-op and how long did it last?
do you think the maze procedure will fix the afib eventually once the scar tissue forms?
thanks for listening. We are so glad the "hard" part is over. Everything else looks great with her vitals and bloodwork, and the doctor said the rest of her heart looks great
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Lynn Tucker
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