Kommerell’s Diverticulum with aberrant right subclavian artery

Posted by Jackie Bell @jbell22, Feb 7, 2017

I have a right facing aorta with an abhorrent left subclavian artery and a kommerellis diverticulum. I have had one surgery and am looking at more. My question/query is this: does anyone with a heart condition get heart pain just from talking? The more I talk (just with friends, on the phone etc) and the louder I talk increases my pain. My surgeon is suggesting now that I might have an aorta which is attached to my breastbone and I might now need an aortapexy - symptoms being the talking issue. Anyone familiar with this? ☺

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Cynaburst, Alumna Mentor | @cynaburst | Feb 7, 2017

I would sometimes get out of breath from talking, but no particular pain. Though I had an entirely different heart condition. hope you get some answers.

Jackie Bell | @jbell22 | Feb 7, 2017

In reply to @colleenyoung "Jackie, I did a quick search of the conversations on Connect and didn't find any discussions..." + (show)

Thank you, Colleen for the site. The pain when talking started at the same time my heart condition made itself apparent - two and a half years ago. I was 54 when I fell very ill and learned about my congenital heart condition.

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Feb 7, 2017

Jackie, I did a quick search of the conversations on Connect and didn't find any discussions about pain from talking. None-the-less I'm going to tag a few people who I think might have some thoughts. @cynaburst @predictable @debcrawford and @PatMattos.

Jackie, I hadn't heard of aortopexy so looked it up and found this abstract of a study called "The role of aortopexy in severe tracheomalacia" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16516630 Is this pain something you've always had?