Recent content by Springdogg

Appreciate this!

Yes my LVAD is just like that. I have the Heartmate 3. Yes I had my 4th OHS 3.5 weeks after my 3rd and survived that too. Hopeful one day I can get off LVAD too but right this moment its not likely. Going to need some things to fall in my favor.

Well 9 days after surgery things were going great but then I got a blood clot that entered my heart giving me a heart attack. Full STEMI and I lived. I was placed on ECMO because they couldn't get impella past my new valve. For the next week docs were hopeful that I could come off ECMO and rehab...

I am sitting here 1 week post op from my 3rd surgery. From my previous 2 I was under the impression that the risk were significantly higher. I live in a city with a fantastic health system and top rate surgeons. I am very active and healthy 41 year old. I had resided that I would need to put in...

Sorry I missed replying to this last year. I was told today that my valve is failing and I will need to get it replaced with mechanical. I found your post as I am too wondering what others decided to do. No idea what my anti coagulation will be just yet.

There are 4 active studies underway according to clinicaltrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?term=foldax Both aortic and mitral valves with each having a study in the US along with one in India. I believe the earliest one was the US Aortic Valve which only started in 2019. According...

Welcome to the club. I myself was lucky to get diagnosed with bicuspid valve at 26 before it killed me. I decided to get a tissue valve in hopes of better options in the future and eliminating any need for anticoagulation. Everyone is different and everyone handles the surgery differently as...

I see my cardiologist twice a year and now also have a yearly echo. I am just saying that I don't think about my AVR on a day to day basis.

2009 - Cadaver tissue value 2016 - Bovine tissue value Currently getting an echo yearly as mild leaking has been identified. Current plan is to go with a mechanical valve to avoid any additional surgery. I was 26 in 2009 and am 41 now. With tissue valves, no warfarin and regular INR checks....I...

You need to connect with some of the younger people here. I was 26 when my valve was replaced with tissue valve. Did it again at 34 with another tissue valve. I play ice hockey twice a week and don't even think about the fact that I had the valve replaced except during my yearly echo as its...

1. At what age did you get your bio-prosthetic valve? 26 and again at 34. 2. How long have you had your bio-prosthetic valve for? 7.5 years first. 6 years so far on second. 3. If your valve failed, what was the reason? Nothing definitive...just wore out. 4. Are there any medications you...

I was back playing hockey 3 months to the date after tissue vale replacement at 26 and again at 34. Good luck in your recovery!

Most definitely not my plan. This is my last tissue valve. Next up is mechanical unless something like the Foldax valve was available.

Hello all new member here but AVR veteran. I found this post and other from rblue and they seem to have a lot of complications going on. Afib, pacemaker and AVR. Hopefully things get resolved but I am not jumping to the conclusion that the foldax valve is the cause. I have only recently become...