Cardiomegaly following right upper lobectomy

Posted by pigeonhead @pigeonhead, Jul 15 4:02pm

Curious if there are people that have experienced some cardiac issues following lung lobectomy. I had a right upper lobectomy for adenocarcinoma in November of last year. My 6 month CT scan showed 4 chamber heart enlargement. My lung function has almost reached pre surgical levels, and yet I often experience shortness of breath which may have a cardiac source. Lung and cardiac function normal prior to surgery; very active....

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Lisa, Volunteer Mentor | @lls8000 | Jul 24 2:50pm

Hello @pigeonhead, Sorry that you are facing this. It has to be hard to not be back to your pre-surgery activity levels. Are your doctors monitoring the enlargement? Do they think this is related to the surgery, or the cancer?

pigeonhead | @pigeonhead | Jul 24 5:44pm

There is some anecdotal evidence and retrospective analysis that links lobectomy to certain cardiac changes...so we're going with that -hypothesis- I'm being well monitored and we're all hoping the cardiac changes don't worsen, maybe improve? I consider myself very lucky regardless because the cancer was discovered very early. I just felt it could be helpful to share this information in case others are experiencing new cardiac changes after lobectomy. I so appreciate this forum. It's very helpful to feel so not alone! Thank you

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