How common is it to develop heart problems after lung surgery?
December 5th, 2009 | by admin |My lung cancer surgery (which was successful) was just over a year ago (I just posted about scar tissue pain) and have developed two types of abnormal heart beats recently and continue with shortness of breath which is getting worse. Just trying to come up with explanations so I can stop "bugging" my doctors. Lung doctor suggest cardiac problems but it does not appear that way. I am waiting on results of a stress test and echo.
The circulatory system consists of systemic circulation, pulmonary circulation and coronary circulation. If one part of the circulatory system is affected, the other two parts of the circulatory system will bound to fail immediately or later.
Only the pulmonologist/ cardiologist can say about the prognosis of the disease with reference to your medical records.
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By gangadharan nair on Dec 6, 2009 | Reply
The circulatory system consists of systemic circulation, pulmonary circulation and coronary circulation. If one part of the circulatory system is affected, the other two parts of the circulatory system will bound to fail immediately or later.
Only the pulmonologist/ cardiologist can say about the prognosis of the disease with reference to your medical records.
References :
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007270.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec05/ch062/ch062b.html#sec05-ch062-ch062b-1377
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007194.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000122.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer_surgery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulatory_system