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Original aortic valve (not bicuspid) replaced in 2004 with a Medtronic Mosaic tissue valve. Retained a very high transvalvular pressure gradient after surgery, now believed to have been from a defective valve. That valve only lasted five years.
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- Birthday
- Aug 23, 1952 (Age: 72)
- Location
- Central NJ
- Surgery
- AVR (#25 Medtronics Mosaic Porcine Tissue) 04/06/04
AVR (#23 St. Jude Biocor porcine/bovine tissue valve) 08/25/09
- Medications
- nebivolol (Bystolic - beta blocker), aspirin
- Occupation
- Sr. Information Mgmt Analyst for a large health-care corporation.
- Referral
- Ran across Hank's early website in 2000. NOTES FOR NEWBIES: see the VR.com Glossary in the Reference Sources forum for info about terms, and use Search (advanced) from the blue bar to find recent posts about your interests and concerns.
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Bob H
"No Eternal Reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn..." Jim Morrison
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I am not a Medical Professional. Aortic Valve Replacement (Medtronic Mosaic) on 4/6/04, at Robert Wood Johnson UH in New Brunswick, NJ. AVR again (St. Jude Biocor) on 08/25/09 at St. Michael's MC in Newark, NJ. Both performed by Dr. Tyrone Krause, a true Zen Master Mechanic in the world of valve replacement surgery.
"No Eternal Reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn..." Jim Morrison
Click here to View the Glossary of VR Terms and Acronyms
I am not a Medical Professional. Aortic Valve Replacement (Medtronic Mosaic) on 4/6/04, at Robert Wood Johnson UH in New Brunswick, NJ. AVR again (St. Jude Biocor) on 08/25/09 at St. Michael's MC in Newark, NJ. Both performed by Dr. Tyrone Krause, a true Zen Master Mechanic in the world of valve replacement surgery.
