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Hi, i wish you the best for your upcoming surgery! Respecting to the valve type, all that i can say is that Aortic and Mitral are very different (Mitral valve is more complex than Aortic). Whenever possible, mitral valve is repaired, while aortic is more often just replaced. In your case, i...

Just relax. If your echo came back as normal, then you have an structurally normal heart. And for your own mental health, stop medical googling! Take care.

I wish you the best!

Mild tricuspid regurgitation is a common echo finding and nothing to worry about. Just relax and trust your doctor.

Some months ago i contacted (by mail) the Mount Sinai Hospital to ask about the aproximative cost of a mitral valve repair surgery. They asked me to send some detailed data about my condition, and finally told me that the total cost should be around USD150000. It is an amount that i cannot...

Great news! Congratulations!

Steve, glad to hear you are ok!

Hi Steve: You will be OK! I know that at this point you have surely surfed the Internet looking for information about your upcoming intervention. That is not probably the best thing to do -but VERY hard to avoid-, because we tend to retain just the bad news. This is from the Cleveland Clinic...

Hi Agian, i wish you the best for your upcoming surgery!

I cant beleive you considered my comment seriously! I was just joking expressing some fairly common prejudices, but i thought it was pretty obvious that I dont share them. As you know, english is not my native lenguaje, and i often have troubles to find the rights words.

Valve surgery is done on old people. And old people dont have ***. Am i missing something??? :coolhank:

In my experience (coming from my talks with cardiologists along many years), nothing labeled as "mild" in an echo report should be a cause of worry. My bet is that your cardiologist will not give it any importance.

Both Pellicle and Nocturne have made valid points, IMO. But i have to admit that i come to this forum looking for some relief and support, so I clearly prefer optimistic views. As patients, we should avoid negative feelings as much as possible. They do not only harm our mental condition, leading...

Good luck!!

i recently asked an anesthesiologist, and he told me that there is no dreaming during anesthesia. Is that your experience?

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger" (Friedrich Nietzsche). You will surely overcome all of this Harriet! I wish you the best!

Good luck! You will be ok!

Congratulations! I wish you an smooth recovery!

Great news!! Thanks for sharing!

But TAVR is for aortic valve, and she needs to have her mitral valve replaced. As far as i know, there is not yet any approved (that is, not in experimental phase) mitral valve replacement procedure not requiring OHS.