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		<title>Open Heart Valve Surgery &#8211; Pacemaker Complication Mystery Solved!</title>
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Other than the cardiac catheterization performed the day before my open heart valve surgery, this latest surgery to &#8220;fix&#8221; the pacemaker complication was the least invasive and least painful of the all the other surgeries and procedures that have been done in connection with the initial pacemaker lead extraction fiasco.
As it turned out, the pacemaker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Heart Maze Procedure Cures A-Fib!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Maze Procedure performed by Dr. Levy during my open heart surgery three months ago was a rousing success.  Dr. Blake, my cardiologist, took the time to go over my last pacemaker interrogation results with me.
There is no mistake, the graphs show that the incidence of atrial fibrillation in my heart has dropped from almost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/open-heart-maze-procedure-cures-a-fib/ option.</link>
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		<title>After Open Heart Valve Surgery &#8211; Pacemaker Implantation Complication!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After Open Heart Valve Surgery, naturally, you want everything to work right.
Heart Valve Replacement or repair survivors and their loved ones have been through an inordinate amount of pain, worry, suffering, and plain old hard work while trying to achieve recovery from their heart surgeries.
And, that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m particularly bummed out about what has happened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Valve Replacement Surgery &#8211; Pacemaker Complications After Open Heart Surgery!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I had my double valve repair surgery nine weeks ago, my cardiac surgeon thought before going into the surgery that I would need a heart valve replacement surgery on at least one of the valves, but since my heart problems had been caused by a lead extraction error while implanting a new pacemaker and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Heart Surgery Recovery &#8211; Yeh!  I&#8217;m Off The Lasix!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open heart surgery recovery, as we&#8217;ve said before, is not a sprint, it&#8217;s definitely a sporadic marathon.  Just as soon as you get one think licked, some problem rears its head.
For some reason, getting off the Lasix (a common diuretic used after heart valve replacement surgery), has been extremely difficult for me.  My cardiologist, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/open-heart-surgery-recovery-yeh-im-off-the-lasix/ option.</link>
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		<title>Heart Valve Surgery Recovery &#8211; Meds Create Havoc After Open Heart Surgery!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery Recovery &#8211; It&#8217;s been exactly two months since my double valve repair surgery, which just as easily could have been a double heart valve replacement surgery.  I was lucky enough to have mine repaired instead of replaced.
Dr. Blake, my cardiologist, is trying bring my body down off of some of the medicines. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/valve-repair-surgery-meds-create-havoc/ option.</link>
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		<title>Heart Surgery Recovery &#8211; Happiness Is Running Errands!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know you&#8217;re making progress with your heart surgery recovery, when you can be happy about being able to run errands again.
Before my open heart valve replacement and repair surgery, I detested running errands, but now that I&#8217;m getting stronger and feeling better I&#8217;m extremely grateful to be well enough to go to the grocery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/open-heart-surgery-happiness-is-running-errands/ option.</link>
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		<title>Open Heart Surgery &#8211; How Do Older Patients Recognize The Danger Signals?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since my open heart surgery, I woke up with two knees that looked like water balloons.   Boy, was I ever surprised and a little scared too.  This means that my heart is not yet healed enough to prevent fluid retention.
Dr. Blake had cut back drastically on my diuretics (medicines [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/open-heart-surgery-too-much-too-soon/ option.</link>
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		<title>Open Heart Valve Surgery &#8211; Where Should You Be Seven Weeks Post Surgery?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now been seven weeks since my open heart valve surgery.   Today, I saw Dr. Blake, my cardiologist, for another  follow-up appointment.  She was very happy with my improvement since she last saw me only a couple of weeks ago.
The fluid in my right lung has finally disappeared, and she felt it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/open-heart-valve-surgery-7-week-follow-up-with-cardiologist/ option.</link>
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		<title>After Open Heart Surgery &#8211; Rehab Can Be Hard, Stick With It!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recovery after heart valve replacement or repair goes a lot faster when you join and regularly participate in a cardiac rehabilitation program.  I&#8217;m fortunate enough to have access to the New Heart Cardiac Rehabilitation Program here in Albuquerque.
It is a state of the art facility, with all the latest exercise equipment and programs, exercise [...]]]></description>
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