pacemaker surgery mayo clinic

His cardiologist does not recommend surgery to fix the valve (too risky) but suggested a biventricular pacemaker be considered (he currently has a pacemaker). He went for assessment and the dr at the clinic said it would not benefit him. We are running out of options. Do you know of anyone with a similar background that has had success with the biventricular pacemaker? would you recommend any other treatment? thanks.

It came out negative, but the test was only 3 days. Mayo Clinic recommends a 7-10 day test for such non-reactive metals as titanium. My question is, does this sound like low level infection by bacteria colonization, or allergy? Has anyone experienced this? When I get my 4th PM in a week or 2, what measures should be taken to avoid another failure? Many thanks,,, Bob A.

He also had quadruple bypass surgery and a reaction to statin drugs. Mayo clinic in Rochester was where he went for a second opinion. I highly suggest going to the top (Mayo) if you can travel. Our hospital here was tellling him it was his heart and he needed a defribulator. Mayo found out his heart was perfectly fine and it was his lungs. Get a second opinon.

My deepest sympathy for your very difficult heart condition... and I wonder if the law suit mentality here in the US isn't at the root of your problem finding a cardiologist. Your payment, e.g., insurance, method can also be a problem here in the USA. Still, we have the very best in medical care and being you are in NYC you are near some. Have you checked with one of the heart center hospitals..

But if the area between the aneurysm and the renal arteries is too slight for a conventional commercially-made ordinary stent, then you need to go to Cleveland Clinic (which uses commercially made fenestrated stents from Australia), Mayo Clinic (surgeon-modified stents), Emory in Atlanta (talk to Dr. Ricotta, from Mayo, adept at what they call surgeon modified "fenestrated" stents, or to the University of California, San Francisco.

I've not been to the Jacksonville Mayo or the MS clinic in Houston, I'm sorry about that. I have heard a lot of good things about the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Dr. Elliot Frohman who works there. I'm sure if you google his name you can find out much more than I can tell you about, here.

Has anyone from the MS forum ever seek treatment for their MS at the Mayo Clinic? If so, how was your as your experience with physicians from the clinic? I am considering driving up to Mayo at some point if my neurologist in town can't definatively diagnosis me.

I have just made an appointment for a full work up at the Mayo Clinic, does anyone know the tests involved and how much they charge? Thank you!

I am over the moon excited that DH got a 5-10 day appointment at Mayo Clinic - Dec. 10. Anyone have any experiences on what to expect etc?

Some here on the board are not real pleased with the Mayo clinic. It seems they have their own set of standards to give out a dx of MS. I personally know nothing about them and wish you the best....hoping for that answer.

Has anybody here been to the neurology clinic at the Mayo or in their inpatient pain treatment program?

The doctors here in Birmingham at UAB, wanted me to get a transplant. But, the Mayo Clinic said they would like to try the surgery first. The Mayo Clinic is amazing, by the way. The experience I had there is the best that I have had at any hospital. I will talk to my doctor about changing my meds. Is your daughter better now?

Have you been to the University of Michigan? My daughter had HCM with non-sustained V-Tach and they put her immediately on Amiodarone. It's very difficult believing you are having V-Tach at rates of 200 BPM because a hypertrophied heart can't relax and keep up with rates like that.

I am concerned with this choice of meds as we were told at Mayo Clinic that she needed to increase fluid intake and add salt to her diet to help retain fluids. Her blood pressure also drops when she has an episode and this med is used for hypertention. Do you have any information on meds used for this condition and their effectiveness.

I'm sorry, I just realized that you mentioned Mayo Clinic in your above post. Was he seen by one of the Autonomic Neurology Specialists in Minnesota?

My sister had a aortic valve replacement surgery 4 years ago, she ended up with a pacemaker and had a long recovery. We found out that she now needs aortic valve replacement/ascending aneurysm repair surgery. does anyone know the risks involved?

After being told by three different surgeons at three of the finest cancer centers in the world that I was not a candidate for surgery, and would be on chemo for the rest of my life, a surgeon at The Mayo Clinic said without hesitation that he thought I was a candidate for surgery and so I'm having surgery there on November 16th. The other surgeons said I was inoperable! I needed to learn to live with it because it was there to stay.

t qualify for the pacer because of the severe dumping At least that is what Mayo clinic told my doc

I have seen 3 neurologists since 2015- the most recent being one at Mayo Clinic. All of them have diagnosed ataxia, occasional stuttering, occasionally absent reflexes, weakness, and at every visit I have had bilateral Babinski. I had a brain MRI in 2015 with two "non-specific" lesions and cannot have an spinal MRI due to my pacemaker. My EMG's show bilaterally absent H-Reflexes, normal nerve conduction studies and a normal SEP.

I am not an allergist/immunologist and so I recommend that you request of your son’s doctor(s) that they contact the Mayo Clinic or any other large referral center such as National Jewish Health in Denver to consult with an expert who might be able to provide information. Another option would be for you or his doctor to contact the internationally renowned allergist Dr. Phil Lieberman who submitted the reference cited below: http://www.allergymemphis.com/lieberman.

You can verifiy this by going to the Mayo Clinic website and look up low blood bpm and it will give you an article on this or look it up on google and it will give you some other articles.

her gastro is trying to send her to shands hospital to get a pace maker for stomach..i also called the mayo clinic n have app for her in april..have u only taken the reglen..

Mayo Clinic: "Because the maze procedure requires open heart surgery, it is usually reserved for patients whose atrial fibrillation has not responded well to medication, whose symptoms interfere with their quality of life, and those at high risk for blood clots or stroke".

Truthfully, I've heard one of the best MS Clinics in the US is the Mellen Center at Cleveland Clinic. You might try checking out http://www.mscare.org They list all the clinics available, etc. My neuro said the clinic at Cincinatti isn't that great but thinks Cleveland Clinic is really good. I've never heard of the Mayo Clinic being highly rated for MS, but more for heart desease.

t hear back from them right away - I requested an appointment with the Mayo Clinic and it was almost a year before I heard back from them! If your current docs office does the request/referral, though, it should go a lot faster.

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