Hope your mom is doing better. Utah has some of the best arrhythmia experts in the USA. Marrouch at UU and Day/Bunch/Weiss at Intermountain. I don't know much about their other cardiologists that would be involved in acute HF.
it was a small clot, the atrial frib is new after the attack,..i'm not sure what part of the heart,..and the facility is University hospital in Utah. I hope that gives more info. Thanks, B.
btw,.yesterday they did a cardioversion, it didn't work, it was tried before same thing,..they are now trying to pull fluid ,.Lasix, from her,.her anxiety level is very high,...she has catherters and tubes from her neck,.and also a foley cath, very anguished, thanks, B.
Sounds like a combo of Borrelia + Babesia.
Brook, So sorry about what is happening with your mother. She is having symptoms of heart failure and I am sure her doctors are trying everything to help her heart heal. For better understanding of her problem, below is a link to a cardiology article about her condition and treatment.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/506683
What type of heart attack, do you know what exactly occurred? Was it a blood clot, or flow problem, and to what part of the heart? Does she have history of atrial fibrillation or is this something new? What hospital is she in, are they a good heart tertiary facility?
Thank you, they are trying everything. I spend every night at the hospital w/ her, as it is a comfort for her, they also are giving her a mood elevator drug as she has been very depressed. She is so weak that she can't make it to the bathroom so she has help to the bedside commode, she has a foley cath in now and has it in on and off depending. I mentioned the cardio version that they had begun, but then decided against when they saw that she wasn't responding to the drug to raise her pressure. Now they have been concerned about her kidneys, and the output from them. Tonight the white blood cell count was low, so she is wearing a mask to prevent infection. All in all, she has gone from having the angioplasty, to having an initial cardio version twice in the ICU right at first before she woke up, to bring a good sinus rhythm , then going to a rehabilitation floor, where she couldn't get her breath supposedly because of fluid in the lungs/ heart area, then back to ICU, then to the CVMU floor, then having a scope in the neck artery to look at the heart? The next day she then had a Pulmonary embolism in her lung, then blood thinners, then to ICU again, then back to CVMU then back to rehabilitation, then back, to CVMU, to ICU, and now she is in CVMU again it has been quite depressing and confusing mostly just not being able to find a normal Blood pressure, that is the main ( or at least it seems) to be issue. I apologize for the lengthy reply, but it has been so frustrating with so many Different drs having different takes on what to try, and conflicting methods of administration of procedures. Thank you for listening, her son, Brook
All symptoms you describe, low bp, elevated heart rate and swelling of her feet are probably caused by the heart attack that your mother suffered. They are an indication that at the moment her heart is not pumping very efficiently.
Things can still improve and the doctors might find a stable situation for your mother.
Don't give up hope. As long as the doctors try to find a solution there is a reasonable chance that you may enjoy your mother's company for a long time.