Sleeping After Sternotomy

YYYY@YYYY I'm sch. To have my xiphoid process removed do to pain and inflammation in that area. It all started after bypass surgery . The surgeon scheduled to do the surgery is the surgeon that did my ... View answer

What impact can a 15mm fragmented sternotomy wire migrating within the pericardium have long term????? My husband had aortic aneurysm graft repair surgery Feb 2015, 2 bouts of pericardial effusion within ... View answer

heart rate drops down to upper 30's and oxygen saturation drops to 72% while sleeping. They had oxygen delivered at home to use while I am sleeping while I wait for my sleep study to be done. Last night I... View answer

I do morning walk from 5:45 am to 6:30 am and after that I take sleep for approximately one hour and goes to my duty. So I want to know is it adviceable to sleep after morning walk , does it harm to ... View answer

i am not good sleep. on bed will get only 3 to 4 hour sleep only, after that i will sleeping different dreams every deep. i am facing this problem from fast approx 6 years. ... View answer

are clear and heart size is enlarged with post-median sternotomy sutures noted. Hiatal hernia noted small to moderate in size. IMPRESSION: Cardiomegaly with post-median sternotomy sutures cardiac surgery. ... View answer

Hello I had a median sternotomy 3 months ago for a thymoma, I was wondering what type of exercise can I perform at this time. I used to lift weight and cardio and I would like to ease into it again ... View answer

Hi my X-ray result this what does this mean?diagnosis heart is moderately enlarged,,aortic arch and right central pulmonary artery are enlarged,,median sternotomy wire are in place. Impression. Hyper ... View answer

silhouette enlarged, stable. Tortuous aorta. Status post median sternotomy. Prosthetic cardiac valve. Old ... View answer

I am a 50 year old female, had a thymoma removed 2 months ago via sternotomy. They resected the anterior portion of my pericardium and surrounding lymph nodes. The thymoma was mixed AB but encapsulated ... View answer