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My wife had ectopic pg followed by salpinjectomy in 21 months ago. 6 months ago she had d&e&c, it was a blighted ovam. both times she took letrozol.

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Letrozole: Had nothing to do with the bad outcomes. Ectopics most often occur from tubal disease, 'blighted ovum' is an abnormal pregnancy from conception. Sorry about the bad news, and bets of luck in future.

Answered 4/6/2013

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I have an ectopic beat What occurs to me is blocked beat or blocked Pac many times a day but some times this blocked pac followed by a sinus arrest. In this case, did i need a medications?

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I sometimes feel a random thump in the left side of chest a few times in a month or so. Comes and goes so quickly I don't know if its an ectopic beat or not?

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