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@richardckoch

Hi-- Brand new to this group (today!) and trying to navigate. I'm an 83 yo techno-nerd. I have heart failure and was recently told, VIA echo, that I have leaking heart valves. Further TEE shows I have a heart blood clot, so no operating procedures can be performed. I'm very confused. Can anyone help me sort this all out?

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It doesn’t mean they won’t do it, it simply means they won’t do it till they dissolve the blood clot with a special medication. Because of several blood problems, I’ve made 4 blood clots over the last year, one nearly killed me when it went threw my heart and lodged in my right lung triggering what’s call a pulmonary embolism. That’s a very, very serious and life threatening situation.

So with you having a blood clot, it’s probably stuck somewhere in your body. So your doctors won’t do anything to dislodge the clot but try to dissolve it before it damages your heart, lungs or brain. You’re a very, very lucky person that they discovery it before it possibly could have killed you. Good luck. @becky1024