ETS Surgery Reduces Your Heart Rate

Something else I bet your doctor failed to disclose is that ETS surgery lowers your heart rate as well as reduces your heart stroke volume. I think this is a pretty serious oversite and something you really ought to know.

For most inactive people, this does not usually have any physiological significance. However, for those heavily into sport and fitness, ETS surgery will adversely affect your body's ability to reach peak physical condition with some athletes, such as marathon runners and tri-athletes reporting an inability to raise their heart rate above 138 beats per minute (around 160 is considered normal when exercising).

Regardless of how athletic you are, this is something your surgeon really should be warning you about. Many will try to justify it by saying it only occurs in 3-5% of patients, but in reality the figures are much higher.

Serious athletes to whom their lifestyle is important need to stay well clear of ETS for this reason alone.