Breast Inplants with Aortic Heart Valve - is There More Risk?

Thank you for the question. You are wise to carefully consider the potential risk/complications associated with breast surgery. It would seem to me that your  cardiologist will be your best resource when it comes to helping  delineate the risk/benefit ratio involved. It may be that your plastic surgeon is simply being “extra cautious” when it comes to seeking input from your general practitioner.

 After carefully considering your cardiologists' input, only you will be able to determine whether or not the degree of dissatisfaction with your breast size/symmetry is worth the “risks” of proceeding.

 Sorry, I cannot be of more specific help to you.

 Best wishes.

The risk is clot formation on your aortic valve
replacement vs bleeding from you surgery. Have your doctors discussed stopping
the Coumadin (Warfarin) prior to surgery and perhaps started a bridging blood thinner
like Lovenox? The risk is twofold
clotting the valve and bleeding from the breast implant. Cardiac clearance is
great, but it’s not really enough. This endeavor requires
a real plan to protect the valve and not have bleeding. I’d love to hear their plans. I have the same patient in my practice now
and we are not 100% sure if placing implants will be a safe procedure.

As mentioned, its always good to have the blessing of your cardiologist but having a heart valve doesn't preclude you from having an augmentation.  But if you had open heart surgery, some planning must go into how the surgery is done to avoid wound complications.  Augmentation is a clean procedure so in and of itself, should not jeopardize your valve.