I'm fine, all things considered. They did a successful intervention at the hospital, using a catheter through my radial artery, cleared out the blockage, put in a stent and got me fixed up.
I started "cardiac rehab" today, which is a 12 week program of supervised exercise, done under the supervision of a exercise physiologist and a cardiologist, nurses, etc. I'll be doing that 3 days a week until early April. Once that's done I'll do another "stress test" and have another echocardiogram done, which will tell them where my heart function is at. Assuming my "ejection fraction"[1] is back to a normal level, I'm basically good to go, just needing to continue to live a healthy lifestyle (diet, exercise, etc). The only real negative scenario is if my ejection fraction doesn't recover sufficiently, they may recommend me for an implantable sub-dermal defibrillator, as having lowered heart function can put you at increased risk of developing a harmful (or fatal) arrhythmia.
But basically I've already been cleared to run, mountain bike, whatever I want to do. My cardiologist basically said "listen to your body" and "don't do anything that doesn't feel good".
mindcrime|11 years ago
I started "cardiac rehab" today, which is a 12 week program of supervised exercise, done under the supervision of a exercise physiologist and a cardiologist, nurses, etc. I'll be doing that 3 days a week until early April. Once that's done I'll do another "stress test" and have another echocardiogram done, which will tell them where my heart function is at. Assuming my "ejection fraction"[1] is back to a normal level, I'm basically good to go, just needing to continue to live a healthy lifestyle (diet, exercise, etc). The only real negative scenario is if my ejection fraction doesn't recover sufficiently, they may recommend me for an implantable sub-dermal defibrillator, as having lowered heart function can put you at increased risk of developing a harmful (or fatal) arrhythmia.
But basically I've already been cleared to run, mountain bike, whatever I want to do. My cardiologist basically said "listen to your body" and "don't do anything that doesn't feel good".
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejection_fraction
ruidelgado|11 years ago