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Possible Complications
If you are planning to have a valve replacement, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
- Infection
- Bleeding
- Irregular heart beats
- Scarring
- Blood clot formation resulting in a stroke or kidney damage
- Valve does not function correctly
- Complications from anesthesia
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Other heart conditions
- Lung conditions
- Chronic illness, including high blood pressure and diabetes
- Elderly age
- Infections
- Smoking
- Obesity
Call Your Doctor
After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
- Shortness of breath, dizziness, or fainting
- Cough or chest pain
- Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given after surgery, or which persist for more than two days after discharge from the hospital
- Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
- Difficulty urinating, or pain, burning, frequency, urgency, or bleeding with urination
- Pain or swelling in your feet, calves, or legs
In case of an emergency, CALL 911.
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