I had my meeting yesterday with Doctor Novak. I had actually met him before just prior to my surgery when I stayed the weekend at RJH. He is a very nice, no nonsense straight talking specialist, and most importantly you can understand him.
Within the next 4 to 6 weeks I will a CRT implanted in my chest and connected to my heart. This will monitor what my heart muscle is doing and correct a problem I have which is causing the low EF.
Right now the two lower chambers are not pumping at the same time. Because of my Bundle Branch Blocking the signal to the left ventricle is routed through the right side of my heart. This give the heart a right,left pumping action. This causes shortness of breath and fatigue.
Two of the three wires implanted will correct this. The third wire is the safety brake, if my heart stops it will shock it back into action. I will be in surgery for 3 to 5 hours and will spend up to 5 days in hospital. I will not be able to drive for a month. I will have to stay away from things with big magnetic fields and I will set off metal detectors at every airport in the world.
For more information c click on the link below.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/109/3/296?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=cardio+resynchronization&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT
That's it for now, have A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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