Hi Jane, Sitting in ICU right now wiht Michael. His surgery lasted 9 hours , but mailly due to a change in plans once they opened him. They did a cardiac tamponade , tricuspid valve replacement and a...
Hi, My husband, Michael went into surgery about 45 minutes agol 'the surgeon has decided to do the pericardiectomy and the tricuspid valvve replacement. He sid I should have an update in 3 hours with...
Hi French 57, What encouraging words! It seems that your situation is somewhat similiar to my husbands. I hope I am not being to pushy, but if you could answer some questions I would certainly...
Hi Just an update to my husband Michael's condition. after conflicting opinions, we are satisfied with Cleveland Clinic's opinion. Dr Asher from Cleveland Clinic Florida, was very thourough in...
Hi, My husband Michael has constrictive pericarditis ( at least sme of the doctors think he does - I 'll say more on that later), with high pulmonary artery pressure. Sometimes after flying he shows...
Hi Jane, Another rollercoaster day! Cleveland was wonderful. The surgeon met with us inbetween surgeries. Normally they only have patients on Tuesdays, but fit us in today. The surgeon met with two...
Hi Jane, Today we met with our local surgeon. The Surgeon met with us for close to two hours. He feels that the pericardectomy is not the only problem with my husband. It seems his loft side of the...
Jane , I was just re-reading your e-mail and now I remember that my husband had pneumonia in 1996. He was never on a vent and was in the hospital for about 2 to 3 days. He was only given heavy duty...
Jane, Thank you for this wonderful post. It is really a great relief to us. Our first appt with the local surgeon is tomorrow. We are meeting on Thursday with a surgeon at Cleveland Clinic- Florida (...
Good Luck Jane at the surgeons....
Hi Jane, great questions. Yes, we often think why wasn't this done 5 years ago when he was 5 years younger. I guess they err on the side of caution. But now, the pressures from the catheriztion are...
Dear Mrs Buck, Hello, my name is Diane and my husband in at the same step in this process as you are. His appt with a surgeon is on Wed next week and we also have an appt with a surgeon in the...
Hi Cinnamon, My husband has constrictive pericarditis and does not have this trouble. From what I understand ( way too little), the symptoms are wide ranging and vary among people. Diane...
Hi My name is Diane and my husband Michael has been diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis. He has had this condition for awhile , about 10 years. 5 years ago, he underwent a pericardial window....
My husband had the pericardial window procedure done 3 weeks ago. The surgeon decided to go in under the sternum( noopen heart) instead of the side. He really didn't say why, but just that there were...
Hi Frand, My husband's doctors ar now suggesting the pericardial window as opposed to the full blown pericardectomy. Can you please tell us what your recovery time was? How long you were in the...
Thanks Eric and others for all the info. It has been great hearing from others who actually went through this. For my husband, the next step is a PET scan. When my husband had a chest cat scan with...
Thanks Eric, Did your doctors mention a less invasive operation where they insert a catheter under the rib cage , withdraw fluid and "cut a window" in the pericardum? This was mentioned as the next...
I am new to this board. By luck I found it while researching pericardectomy's. THe doctors want my husband to have this operation and we are trying to find out about it. The doctors in both...