Heart surgery recovery is a bitch, hope he heals up quick
Good that he’s okay
That’s our Golden God!
The Dennis method. Discover problem, Emergency surgery, Neat recovery, No more issues, Islander return, Score points.
“Appreciations!”
Interesting – guy is an interventional cardiologist who specializes in congenital heart disease.
As a physician (internal medicine resident, not a cardiologist), this tells me this was a minimally invasive procedure done via catheterization, not open heart surgery. My two thoughts are that 1) when he was in the hospital after the injury, they did an echocardiogram either because they heard a murmur or to follow up on a previously diagnosed heart abnormality and had an ASD/PFO repair or 2) CT scan of his head showed sign of a past stroke, and echocardiogram showed the left atrial appendage which they closed to avoid future stroke (though the more I think about it this is probably less likely). possibly while he was monitored in the hospital, he showed signs of a fib which puts him at higher risk of stroke/clots, and he had a watchman placed since being on blood thinners as a professional hockey player is probably not the best idea.
Highly doubt hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which was theorized in prior threads, though there is a minimally invasive ablation procedure to treat it, this would be a much bigger deal.
Again, not cardiologist, and certainly not his doctor, but figured I’d share some thoughts. Hoping and wishing Reilly a swift recovery! He’s been a fantastic and consistent dman since we’ve got him, and seems like a genuinely good human being
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Here’s to a full recovery!
Heart surgery recovery is a bitch, hope he heals up quick
Good that he’s okay
That’s our Golden God!
The Dennis method. Discover problem, Emergency surgery, Neat recovery, No more issues, Islander return, Score points.
“Appreciations!”
Interesting – guy is an interventional cardiologist who specializes in congenital heart disease.
As a physician (internal medicine resident, not a cardiologist), this tells me this was a minimally invasive procedure done via catheterization, not open heart surgery. My two thoughts are that 1) when he was in the hospital after the injury, they did an echocardiogram either because they heard a murmur or to follow up on a previously diagnosed heart abnormality and had an ASD/PFO repair or 2) CT scan of his head showed sign of a past stroke, and echocardiogram showed the left atrial appendage which they closed to avoid future stroke (though the more I think about it this is probably less likely). possibly while he was monitored in the hospital, he showed signs of a fib which puts him at higher risk of stroke/clots, and he had a watchman placed since being on blood thinners as a professional hockey player is probably not the best idea.
Highly doubt hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which was theorized in prior threads, though there is a minimally invasive ablation procedure to treat it, this would be a much bigger deal.
Again, not cardiologist, and certainly not his doctor, but figured I’d share some thoughts. Hoping and wishing Reilly a swift recovery! He’s been a fantastic and consistent dman since we’ve got him, and seems like a genuinely good human being
he gon comebacc stronger, im rooting for him
Dr Sommer has a million dollar smile
Godspeed #2!
Great news!!