Hello, My mother has dementia from a stroke she suffered during a 12 hour heart surgery to build a mitro valvle on a conduit.  for over two weeks she has had swelling in her feet ankles and legs with a red rash.  I have to break up her metaprolol so she can swallow it.  Her cardiologist upped her furosemide 5 days ago from 20mg to 40mg, but the swelling and rash are still there. I have tried to keep her feet elevated, but with her dementia it is a challenge. Her doctor has not seen her yet...Is this possibly heart related?
HIT hank for asking to ChatDoctorI can understand your worry, look dementia can be considered age related right now until and unless proved, it could be due to surgery, but the chances of this is very unlikely because the surgical team taking extra care for blood supply towards the brain, and they left no chance for mistake, I would advise you to first consult the physician for clinical examination that will confirm the nature of dementia because she has not being diagnosed for dementia by physician, so this will not consider as clinical diagnosis, it is just your idea and that couldn be wrong, so better to consult the physician, as long as the swelling of leg is concern her hemodynamic system has to be monitored the possibility of heart failure need to be ruled out, take care of your mother bye.