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Hi RZG, thanks so much for the reply. Couple of questions, did you also have chemo? Also, what type of valve did you choose and if you don't mind, how old are you? I also had both ABVD and MOPP, and the cardiologist, while I was on the table getting an angiogram, said "your leaking from your...

Hi FC, thanks so much for sharing that. Today I read the full package they give you before surgery that basically tells you everything to expect before, during and after and I got totally freaked out. I then snapped at my wife because I was scared about what I had just read. Anyway, we made up...

Hey everyone, well, been to internist, and was referred to cardiologist who immediately scheduled an angiogram. Just had that, and have been referred to the surgeon for aortic valve and aortic root replacement. I see him Aug. 9. So it's on, I guess. The angiogram determined my root was enlarged...

Hi there. I have aortic stenosis and am getting an angiogram next Tuesday. I have the exact same symptoms as you. My heart lately is sore, is how I can best describe it. It is sore, with occasional sharp pains, but not painful enough to make me call 911. Makes me just uncomfortable enough to be...

Hey gang, well, went to the doc my GP sent me to, and he is an internist. First thing he said after he read my echo was "why didn't he send you to a cardiologist?" Anyhow, he did know more than the GP and asked a lot of questions. He said what we all know, not to do any excess exertion, no...

Thanks for the replies everyone. It is a bit complicated at this point and as was pointed out above the symptoms and the numbers in the echo confused me. I am hoping I can get to the bottom of it all when I have that appointment on Thursday. I will report back what that doctor says, and/or what...

Hi everyone, I've had the pleasure of reading all the posts regarding radiation treatment due to Hodgkins, which I had in the early 80s, along with ABVD and MOPP chemo treatments for a year. Now, at 42, I have been diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. I am seeing an internist on Thursday with...