Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Hi Bridget, You want Dr. Toby Cosgrove at the Cleveland Clinic to do your mitral valve repair, he's the best in the country. How I know, he did mine. Ken Bridget's heart cath Well, I've had my cath. The leaky valve is as bad as or worse thanthey thought from the echo. They never were able to get a good lookat the amount of leakage because it's doing the swirly thing, thecath with dye, showed them exacty. In the words of my cardio,Leakage you could see from across the room."He ran my case past the surgeon in his group and they decided that Ineed to go to Cleveland Clinic to get the right sirgeon for thisjob. They want me to have a valve repair instead of replacementbecause (and I didn't know this before) I have an orange sizedanurism on my left ventrical. A valve replacement will compromisethe ventrical more than a repair and since the ventrical already haseproblems, they want to minimize that. So, as soome as the surgeon upthere reviews my case, I will be heading that way, hopefully soonerrather than later because I really don't want to go through thesummer this tired.BridgetPlease visit the Zapper homepage athttp://www.ZapLife.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 I am so glad you have found the answers and will be on the road to recovery. You must feel a whole lot better knowing what you are dealing with and knowing it can repaired by the best! I know you are anxious with the surgery but you will be in good hands. I have always heard it is best to repair the valves vs. replacing. Good luck, guin Bridget's heart cath Well, I've had my cath. The leaky valve is as bad as or worse thanthey thought from the echo. They never were able to get a good lookat the amount of leakage because it's doing the swirly thing, thecath with dye, showed them exacty. In the words of my cardio,Leakage you could see from across the room."He ran my case past the surgeon in his group and they decided that Ineed to go to Cleveland Clinic to get the right sirgeon for thisjob. They want me to have a valve repair instead of replacementbecause (and I didn't know this before) I have an orange sizedanurism on my left ventrical. A valve replacement will compromisethe ventrical more than a repair and since the ventrical already haseproblems, they want to minimize that. So, as soome as the surgeon upthere reviews my case, I will be heading that way, hopefully soonerrather than later because I really don't want to go through thesummer this tired.BridgetPlease visit the Zapper homepage athttp://www.ZapLife.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 Hi Ken, Did you have a repair or a replacement? And can you tell what the recovery time after the surgery waas? Bridget > Hi Bridget, > You want Dr. Toby Cosgrove at the Cleveland Clinic to do your mitral valve repair, he's the best in the country. How I know, he did mine. > Ken > > Bridget's heart cath > > > Well, I've had my cath. The leaky valve is as bad as or worse than > they thought from the echo. They never were able to get a good look > at the amount of leakage because it's doing the swirly thing, the > cath with dye, showed them exacty. In the words of my cardio, > Leakage you could see from across the room. " > > He ran my case past the surgeon in his group and they decided that I > need to go to Cleveland Clinic to get the right sirgeon for this > job. They want me to have a valve repair instead of replacement > because (and I didn't know this before) I have an orange sized > anurism on my left ventrical. A valve replacement will compromise > the ventrical more than a repair and since the ventrical already hase > problems, they want to minimize that. So, as soome as the surgeon up > there reviews my case, I will be heading that way, hopefully sooner > rather than later because I really don't want to go through the > summer this tired. > > Bridget > > > > Please visit the Zapper homepage at > http://www.ZapLife.org > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Hi Ken, Thanks for the info. My Cardio is insisting on Dr. Lytle at the Cleveland Clinic. He says he is the best for this particular surgery. I am having a repair, but I'm also having an aneurectomy too. So, I suspet this will NOT be minimally invasive. I'm waiting to hear from Lytle today. It might be a month or two before they can get me on the schedule, but I'm hoping for sooner. Bridget > > Hi Bridget, > > You want Dr. Toby Cosgrove at the Cleveland Clinic to do your > mitral valve repair, he's the best in the country. How I know, he > did mine. > > Ken > > > > Bridget's heart cath > > > > > > Well, I've had my cath. The leaky valve is as bad as or worse than > > they thought from the echo. They never were able to get a good > look > > at the amount of leakage because it's doing the swirly thing, the > > cath with dye, showed them exacty. In the words of my cardio, > > Leakage you could see from across the room. " > > > > He ran my case past the surgeon in his group and they decided > that I > > need to go to Cleveland Clinic to get the right sirgeon for this > > job. They want me to have a valve repair instead of replacement > > because (and I didn't know this before) I have an orange sized > > anurism on my left ventrical. A valve replacement will compromise > > the ventrical more than a repair and since the ventrical already > hase > > problems, they want to minimize that. So, as soome as the surgeon > up > > there reviews my case, I will be heading that way, hopefully > sooner > > rather than later because I really don't want to go through the > > summer this tired. > > > > Bridget > > > > > > > > Please visit the Zapper homepage at > > http://www.ZapLife.org > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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