Is it safe Is it Is it ok for someone with dilated cardiomyopathy to have cosmetic surgery ?
As with any surgery, the risk must be assessed in each individual. The idea is to tailor the risk to the individual. Cosmetic surgery should be considered as a surgical procedure. As such, a proper medical history should be taken. The risks are more in relation to the severity of the heart failure symptoms and heart pump function than anything else. Practical issues such as whether the patient can lie flat for enough time need to be considered. If the patient is on warfarin this also has to be considered. The patient would need to inform their GP or anticoagulation clinic of the planned surgery and to plan whether adjustment of the dose or even stopping the warfarin is required. It may be considered unsafe to change the warfarin dose as it may place the patient at risk. To stress the point, the individual circumstances of each patient must be considered so that risk can be identified.
