Tuesday, March 11, 2014

The pre-op tour continued today.  I mentioned previously that there are a lot of appointments coming up before surgery.  I had an EKG (electrocardiogram) today, and it showed an abnormality in my heartbeat. So, the next step in that process will be a Stress Echogram at a cardiologist's office.

I'll keep you posted.

Oh, the abnormality?  A potential problem with the electrical impulses at the 'AV Node.'  The AV node (Atrioventricular node) sets the rhythm of the heartbeats.  Apparently, there is a delay in the conductance of the signals at that node.

I think that the stress test will prove that this is nothing serious.  We shall see.

Good night.

2 comments:

  1. Got one of those funky beats too. Found it after a trip to the hospital to repair a broken finger. After several follow ups found out it was the next best thing to a regular beat. Wouldn't worry too much there. We already knew we were irregular..probably more ways than that !!

    10 ??? :-)

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  2. Hey, 'normal' is highly overrated!

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