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Aortic Valve Stenosis diagnosed in early teens as the probable result of scarlet fever (or rheumatic fever?) in childhood although my mother said I was "born with heart murmur". Some physicians now feel I may have had both scarlet/rheumatic fever and a bicuspid valve.
Surgical intervention was not available until the 1960s and I had surgery with aortic valve replacement(1967).
family( wife, 2 sons/wives, 3 grandkids,6 great-grandkids)
Surgical intervention was not available until the 1960s and I had surgery with aortic valve replacement(1967).
family( wife, 2 sons/wives, 3 grandkids,6 great-grandkids)
- Birthday
- Feb 21, 1936 (Age: 88)
- Location
- louisville, KY USA
- Surgery
- Aortic valve replacement at age 31(Starr-Edwards mechanical "caged ball" valve) Aug. 1967.
His original Starr-Edwards valve is still functioning normally and is believed to be the longest operating valve in history.
- Medications
- warfarin , losartan ,atenolol,
- Occupation
- Retired commercial health insurance broker/consultant
- Referral
- from internet
Signature
Starr-Edwards mechanical AVR 1967 at age 31.....University of Kentucky Med. Ctr., Drs. Richard Wood & Gordon Danielson surgeons. No surgery (heart or otherwise) since. On Warfarin ACT since surgery with no diet, lifestyle, or activity restrictions....and I live one day at a time.
