ablation was unsuccessful

[ddavey]

hi everyone    amber's ablation was unsuccessful as they were not ablate on the left and we now know that 97% of pac's are coming from the left.   they tried to in through the aortic valve, but had to stop.  at first he thought she had a SVA (sinus valsalva aneurysm) so they kept her overnight and did a TEE the next day.   it was determined that what was seen in the aortic valve is part of the pseudoaneurysm at the mitral aortic junction that has been present since birth.  the good part of this was that after the TEE, they brought in their new 3D echo machine to get new pictures of the defect and brought in dr william armstrong, who is the director of echocardiology at the u of m (the nurse pulled me aside and told me he is the nation's leading dr of echocardiology)  so maybe he will have a better idea of how to proceed from here.   good news is that her ef is up to 42% since adding digoxin, so we will go back to med regimen and wait to see what all of the dr's come up with          thanks for all the support         dawn

[ireneo]

So good to hear from you. Sorry about the ablation though. Still, a little progress has been made and that will help. Hugs to you both.

[Momto3]

Thanks for updating us....we worry, ya know ; )

Bittersweet news.  Sorry to hear Amber's ablation was unsucessful, but very happy to hear the digoxin seems to be helping.  Also, GREAT news on the echo images and an expert consult!  Fingers crossed for more improvement for Amber!

connie