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Short update: My TVAR surgery was at 7:00 am on 9/24. It was successful. I feel great, but very tired. I will write up my TAVR story...

I agree, thank you Croooser

Update: I’m scheduled to have TVAR on Tuesday, Sep 24. The CT scan did show a problem with the possibility of the left heart artery...

Just had another echo. Mean gradient is mid 20s mmhg. Cardio expects up to another couple of years out of the Trifecta, until the mean...

So it’s two weeks ago today since I had my bicuspid aortic valve replaced with a mechanical valve. I have to say that the whole thing...

All good info here. When I asked about having surgery performed to put it behind me, my cardio drew a graph illustrating the risk of...

Good morning lots of excellent answers and advice above. On this point: I observe Dornole answered this but this means that the...

Let's say I had moderate stenosis for 21.5 years without symptoms or progression. :) Last 6 months have been increasing symptoms and...

Chuck handled this so well but I will just add one thing - the progression of valve disease is not linear and it is important to...

Hi. Good question. The guidelines generally call for surgery once aortic stenosis becomes severe, with symptoms. However, there is...

Welcome to VR! Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but glad that you found us. That is totally normal. I was close to your age when I...

partly for the OP: I understood that you were citing only what you knew (rather than viewing it as ignoring our system saw it as...

I haven't been on here for a few months because frankly I wasn't coping with my cardiologist repeatedly telling me he was going to refer...

Oral bacteria, particularly staphylococcus, streptococcus, and enterococcus, are linked to 90% of cases of infectious endocarditis...

Hi all. I just got a call from the interventional cardiologist office. The np said it was determined I’m not a candidate for this...