Tuesday, August 12, 2008 jajaja asks

Q: risk of smoking after aortic valve replacement surgery.

Hello,

My mom had smoked 3 packs a day all her life. She quit the first of this year. She had aortic valve replacement surgery on february of this year with a mechanical valve. She is taking 5mg of coumadin everyday and doing fabulous. I recently suspected she started smoking lightly but am not 100% sure of it. I know she needs to stop for good and will do whatever I can to help her achieve that. I understand all the risk related to smoking but my question is if the risk is higher to her heart after the surgery she's had and taking the coumadin? I would appreciate any information on this subject. Thanks in advance.

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Answers (2)

nhamel, Editor

9/12/08 9:55am

Hello jajaja

There was a very interesting study conducted on this topic. Here is the link to a description of the study and the results.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/93/1/42

I hope this was what you were looking for.

Best of luck with your mother!

Paula arnold

8/ 5/12 5:29pm

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