LA Dodgers Close Kenley Jansen Has Basically the Same Medical Condition as Me. Same/Similar Surgery
Dodgers’ Kenley Jansen will likely have second heart surgery in offseason
By Kendra Andrews
August 14
After being put on the disabled list with an irregular heartbeat, Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen returned to the clubhouse on Monday, but he told reporters he thinks it is likely he will need to undergo a second heart procedure this offseason, according to ESPN.
The procedure will most likely be a heart ablation or cardioversion. A heart ablation is a procedure that corrects heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias). According to the Mayo Clinic, cardiac ablation scars or destroys tissue in the heart that “triggers” abnormal heart rhythm. The procedure uses catheters, which are inserted through veins or arteries in the groin and threaded to the heart. This delivers hot energy or extremely cold energy, which modifies the tissues in the heart that cause arrhythmias.
A cardioversion, which Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh underwent in 2012, is done by sending electric shocks to the heart through electrodes placed on the chest.
Jansen was placed on the disabled list on Friday after feeling some discomfort before Los Angeles faced the Colorado Rockies Thursday. According to Doug Padilla of MLB.com, Jansen called 911 in Denver and doctors needed to use an electric shock to get his heart back to rhythm. Still, Jansen is expected to return in four to six weeks.
Monday, Jansen told reporters that he will have a bullpen session later this week and expects to play later this season. Dodgers President Andrew Friedman said that Jansen will have a follow-up appointment on Aug. 20
“I’m confident that it’s not going to be four weeks, and it’s not going to be six weeks,” Jansen said. “[Aug. 20] is going to be the key to listen to what is going to happen. Right now I’m going to keep taking my blood thinners and hopefully there are no side effects from the medication I’m taking, and I am pretty confident I will be back sooner than later.”
Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts is also optimistic that Jansen will return in less than a month.
“We’re encouraged that it won’t be four to six weeks,” Roberts told reporters.
This is only the second time in Jansen’s career that he has been placed on the DL. The other time was the summer of 2011, when he suffered from the same heart issue, also in Colorado. He underwent his first surgery in October 2011. According to the Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, Jansen’s current condition is “very manageable.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/08/14/dodgers-kenley-jansen-will-likely-have-second-heart-surgery-in-offseason/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5ae76c4253eb
----------------------------------------------------------------
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen says second heart surgery likely after season
Aug 14, 2018
ESPN
Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen, who is on the disabled list with an irregular heartbeat, returned to the team clubhouse Monday and said he'll throw a bullpen session this week, and he seemed confident he would pitch again this season.
Jansen also said he was told there's a good chance he will need another heart surgery in the offseason, similar to the surgery he had in 2012. He was prescribed blood thinners in 2011.
Hospitalized in Denver on Thursday after experiencing an irregular heartbeat, Jensen was sent back to Los Angeles for tests. ESPN's Buster Olney reported that he was expected to miss about a month, but Jansen is eyeing a quicker return.
"I'm confident that it's not going to be four weeks, and it's not going to be six weeks," said Jansen, who has been given the OK to run. "[Aug. 20] is going to be the key to listen to what is going to happen. Right now I'm going to keep taking my blood thinners and hopefully there are no side effects from the medication I'm taking, and I am pretty confident I will be back sooner than later."
Manager Dave Roberts is also of the belief his closer will be back in less than a month.
"We're encouraged that it won't be the four to six weeks," Roberts said.
Jansen's 32 saves ties him with the Rockies' Wade Davis for the National League lead this season.
Jansen dealt with issues related to an irregular heartbeat in 2011 and 2012, and the three-time All-Star recognized something wasn't right Thursday as Los Angeles prepared for the opener of a four-game series at Colorado. He was sent back to L.A. and has been examined by a number of cardiologists, including some who have treated him in the past.
"It is a pre-existing condition," Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers' president of baseball operations, said Saturday. "The fact that he has experienced it before, we were able to catch it much earlier than he did in 2011 and 2012, which I think is real positive. He was able to catch it on the front end."
Jansen's 2012 incident also took place in the high altitude of Colorado, but the reliever said he's not concerned about returning to Coors Field in the future.
"I'm going back to Denver, man," Jansen said. "I'm going back. You can't be scared of life."
In 2012, doctors performed a catheter ablation on Jansen. They identified the abnormal tissue in the left atrium of Jansen's heart that was causing the irregular heartbeat and cauterized it to stop it from generating abnormal electrical signals. He had not had any significant problems since then.
Jansen is scheduled for a follow-up appointment with doctors on Aug. 20 and won't pitch before then. Friedman said he might resume some limited baseball activities next week to try to keep his arm in shape.
"I feel much better," Jansen said Monday. "Healthwise, everything feels good. The minute they shocked me back in, I felt better. I feel great just working out again."
Jansen was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Friday. The Dodgers moved right-handers Kenta Maeda and Ross Stripling to the bullpen while Jansen is out but did not name one of them the closer.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24368533/kenley-jansen-los-angeles-dodgers-expects-undergo-heart-surgery-season
By Kendra Andrews
August 14
After being put on the disabled list with an irregular heartbeat, Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen returned to the clubhouse on Monday, but he told reporters he thinks it is likely he will need to undergo a second heart procedure this offseason, according to ESPN.
The procedure will most likely be a heart ablation or cardioversion. A heart ablation is a procedure that corrects heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias). According to the Mayo Clinic, cardiac ablation scars or destroys tissue in the heart that “triggers” abnormal heart rhythm. The procedure uses catheters, which are inserted through veins or arteries in the groin and threaded to the heart. This delivers hot energy or extremely cold energy, which modifies the tissues in the heart that cause arrhythmias.
A cardioversion, which Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh underwent in 2012, is done by sending electric shocks to the heart through electrodes placed on the chest.
Jansen was placed on the disabled list on Friday after feeling some discomfort before Los Angeles faced the Colorado Rockies Thursday. According to Doug Padilla of MLB.com, Jansen called 911 in Denver and doctors needed to use an electric shock to get his heart back to rhythm. Still, Jansen is expected to return in four to six weeks.
Monday, Jansen told reporters that he will have a bullpen session later this week and expects to play later this season. Dodgers President Andrew Friedman said that Jansen will have a follow-up appointment on Aug. 20
“I’m confident that it’s not going to be four weeks, and it’s not going to be six weeks,” Jansen said. “[Aug. 20] is going to be the key to listen to what is going to happen. Right now I’m going to keep taking my blood thinners and hopefully there are no side effects from the medication I’m taking, and I am pretty confident I will be back sooner than later.”
Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts is also optimistic that Jansen will return in less than a month.
“We’re encouraged that it won’t be four to six weeks,” Roberts told reporters.
This is only the second time in Jansen’s career that he has been placed on the DL. The other time was the summer of 2011, when he suffered from the same heart issue, also in Colorado. He underwent his first surgery in October 2011. According to the Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, Jansen’s current condition is “very manageable.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/08/14/dodgers-kenley-jansen-will-likely-have-second-heart-surgery-in-offseason/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5ae76c4253eb
----------------------------------------------------------------
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen says second heart surgery likely after season
Aug 14, 2018
ESPN
Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen, who is on the disabled list with an irregular heartbeat, returned to the team clubhouse Monday and said he'll throw a bullpen session this week, and he seemed confident he would pitch again this season.
Jansen also said he was told there's a good chance he will need another heart surgery in the offseason, similar to the surgery he had in 2012. He was prescribed blood thinners in 2011.
Hospitalized in Denver on Thursday after experiencing an irregular heartbeat, Jensen was sent back to Los Angeles for tests. ESPN's Buster Olney reported that he was expected to miss about a month, but Jansen is eyeing a quicker return.
"I'm confident that it's not going to be four weeks, and it's not going to be six weeks," said Jansen, who has been given the OK to run. "[Aug. 20] is going to be the key to listen to what is going to happen. Right now I'm going to keep taking my blood thinners and hopefully there are no side effects from the medication I'm taking, and I am pretty confident I will be back sooner than later."
Manager Dave Roberts is also of the belief his closer will be back in less than a month.
"We're encouraged that it won't be the four to six weeks," Roberts said.
Jansen's 32 saves ties him with the Rockies' Wade Davis for the National League lead this season.
Jansen dealt with issues related to an irregular heartbeat in 2011 and 2012, and the three-time All-Star recognized something wasn't right Thursday as Los Angeles prepared for the opener of a four-game series at Colorado. He was sent back to L.A. and has been examined by a number of cardiologists, including some who have treated him in the past.
"It is a pre-existing condition," Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers' president of baseball operations, said Saturday. "The fact that he has experienced it before, we were able to catch it much earlier than he did in 2011 and 2012, which I think is real positive. He was able to catch it on the front end."
Jansen's 2012 incident also took place in the high altitude of Colorado, but the reliever said he's not concerned about returning to Coors Field in the future.
"I'm going back to Denver, man," Jansen said. "I'm going back. You can't be scared of life."
In 2012, doctors performed a catheter ablation on Jansen. They identified the abnormal tissue in the left atrium of Jansen's heart that was causing the irregular heartbeat and cauterized it to stop it from generating abnormal electrical signals. He had not had any significant problems since then.
Jansen is scheduled for a follow-up appointment with doctors on Aug. 20 and won't pitch before then. Friedman said he might resume some limited baseball activities next week to try to keep his arm in shape.
"I feel much better," Jansen said Monday. "Healthwise, everything feels good. The minute they shocked me back in, I felt better. I feel great just working out again."
Jansen was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Friday. The Dodgers moved right-handers Kenta Maeda and Ross Stripling to the bullpen while Jansen is out but did not name one of them the closer.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24368533/kenley-jansen-los-angeles-dodgers-expects-undergo-heart-surgery-season