Congressman-elect Luke Letlow underwent surgery for blood clot before his death

DNYUZ ^ | 01 January 2021

[zeestephen]

Louisiana Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, who died of COVID-19 complications, was operated on for a blood clot before he succumbed to a heart attack, according to a new report. The 41-year-old Republican underwent two procedures to treat a blood clot that he developed while he battled the coronavirus...The second operation appeared to be successful on Tuesday but he died later that day from a heart attack at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport...

[bitt]

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[MarDav]

Thank you, FRiend.

[zeestephen]

Before the shouting and gunfire start...

It is important to remember that healthy people under age 60 have the same fatality rate for C-19 or influenza.

In fact, healthy people under age 40 probably have less risk from C-19 than from influenza.

And, healthy people under age 20 definitely have less risk from C-19 than from influenza.

Bottom Line...

Protect the aged and the infirm.

Everyone else, go back to your normal life.

[gcparent]

Prayers for a speedy recovery.

[Mom MD]

covid causes a hypercoag state all by itself independent of those other things you mentioned. Prophylactic use of anticoagulants and even full anticoagulation based on inflammatory markers are a standard part of the treatment for hospitalized patients

[ExTexasRedhead]

Seems to be a lot of strange things going on these days in the medical profession. Limiting family members from the hospital surely covers for medical malpractice mistakes. No witnesses, ya think?

[A Navy Vet]

I believe you're correct. I think the read out on my treadmill of 25 means 2.5 mph. I've always wondered why the 25 without the decimal. Anyway, I do a very fast walk (don't run) for 20 minutes, sometimes at 1-3% incline. No athlete here, but can attest it gives me energy at my age. The times I skip for a week or two, I'm an old guy climbing the stairs to the bedroom. Where's my automated stair chair lift?

Now, if I only would start working the upper body again. Strangely, just holding the side rails tight while walking builds the arms, traps, lower back erectors, and of course the legs and a little of the buttocks. Fast walks are the best for seniors, plus some light weights for upper body.

[armydoc]

My point is that when medical professionals rush in spouting their expertise, they better be precise and accurate lest they lose credibility. We are supposed to be detail oriented and precise in our language. For example, when you say "embolic coronary ischemia is unheard of" instead of "embolic coronary ischemia is very rare", you risk losing credibility. Google is available to all:

https://academic.oup.com/ehjcr/article/1/2/ytx010/4656153

[ChildOfThe60s]

I started two years ago taking 200 mg a day of Co Q10 and have experienced a significant drop in my blood pressure. Which was not terribly high to begin with, but enough that they wanted to put me on Lisinopril. Which I tried for two weeks and it just about ruined my life with the coughing all night and the episodes of lightheadedness. I’m a little too old to be taking falls.

[A Navy Vet]

Read my post above and I’m now sure the treadmill readout of 25 mph has lost it’s decimal and probably 2.5 mph. I couldn’t do 25 mph for 20 minutes. Still, it gives me energy for days.

[Robert DeLong]

Whatever you say. Did you perform the autopsy on him?

[MarDav]

Thanks, gcparent. Prayers are the best medicine!

[gas_dr]

The while you and I might have discourse on a doctoral level and my first board is a cardiac anesthesiologist you seem to fail to realize we also need to talk to the people without training. You and I both know that cardiac embolus can occur. If I say to someone who is not medically trained it’s unheard of to be a case report is the equivalent of me saying with you it’s extremely rare

Not everyone has a medical degree doc. Stop being a surgeon! Otherwise I will cancel the next case :-)

[gas_dr]

Ummmm. We are not limiting visitors. Seriously, bro? Those are administrator decisions.

Stop with the malpractice bullshit.

[gas_dr]

I couldn’t do 25 mph for two steps.
My tread mill taunts me every day.

[gas_dr]

Oh please. You are such a pathetic debater. My colleagues and I know this disease and having been in an ICU for 20 years chances are I am correct.

But bury your head in the sand all you want.

[McGruff]

A supposedly healthy 40 year old white male should be in the lowest risk pool. No mention of his medical history or any previous Convid-19 testing. Color me suspicious.

[Socon-Econ]

COVID-caused clotting believers need to answer these questions satisfactorily: (1) Is there something unique about this particular coronavirus itself that attacks the ability to clot? (2) Or is the clotting caused by the same things that usually cause clots, i.e., failure to move around or to receive preventive anti-cloting drugs or devices?

[armydoc]

For a highly educated specialist, you are amazingly adept at missing the point. It is precisely because we are interacting with non-medical people that we need to be precise. I would bet the vast majority of readers interpret “unheard of” as “non-existent”, not “very rare”. Oh, and we surgeons realized early on that gas-passers don’t need much of an excuse to cancel a case. They don’t call anesthesia the “department of preventative surgery” for nothing! :)

[gas_dr]

I’ve heard of MAFAT (mandatory anesthesia f*cking around time). I have sat my fair share of meticulotediostomies

But department of preventing surgery is a new one one me. And it’s damn funny.

We can disagree on bedside manner but you are ok in my book.