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Anne, I suffer from bruxism too, and have been using that mouthguard for many years. You get quickly used to it, not big deal.

Best wishes, you will be fine!

And the next normal beat is usually stronger than usual, as a result of some compensatory effect. In my case, i know i have a PVC/PAC not so much because of the "pause", but mostly from the next louder beat. Anyway, isolated extrasystoles in an structurally normal heart, as i have been told, are...

Hi Agian. Scary, but glad to know everything in ok now. Stenting solved the problem, but you must avoid any new blockage, so please strictly follow your medical indications (medications, life style changes, controls, etc.). Take care, you will be fine!

Is HOT YOGA some kind of Yoga sexual practice? lol PD: I googled it, and it is indeed yoga performed in a room with elevated temperature!

harrietW, keep calm! Probably your surgeon was talking about worst case scenario, just to cover himself. Dont overthink too much about those statistics. After all, every person is unique. You are doing all the right things. You will be ok!

Sorry for asking something pretty obvious, but my native languaje is not english and it seems i dont completely understand DGAF meaning. I googled it, and i learned it is an acronym of "Dont Give a F***". Does it just mean "I dont care"?

Good luck! I wish you the best

I wish you the best!

Very interesting and promising. Thanks you.! It seems that what is already done for the aortic valve (TAVI) will also be possible, in the future, for the replacement of the (more complex) mitral valve.

Rest in peace Norma. My condolences to her family.

To my knowledge, LVEF is a single value, telling the percentaje of blood that leaves the left ventricle when pumping. You do not have an "Aortic EF" and a "Mitral EF". However, it is true that for severe mitral regurgitation (MR), an EF below 60% is usually a surgery indicator, but for say...

Hi! Just relax! I am not a doctor, of course, but i personnally do not see any big deterioration. Echo measures are not exact to the milimeter. For instance, 36mm is basically the same reading as 35mm for your ascending aorta. Your mitral valve is not deteriorating. Mild regurgitation is...

Hi! Glad to know you are both finally doing well. I am of course missing something obvious, but i will ask it anyway, just to understand. If the pericardium is cut when performing valve surgery, and, as far as i know, it is usually not sewn afterwards, how can fluid accumulate into an opened sac?

Interesting! I am surely oversimplifying the issue, but what defines who we are is our brain (despite all the romantic descriptions of the heart, it is just a blood pumping machine). So, unless you undergo a brain transplantation (currently impossible, as far as i know), nothing received from...

Good luck! You will be ok!

Congratulations! I wish you a "textbook" and uneventfull recovery!

Thanks Anne, good info. And i beleive it may be of interest for everyone, not just for UK members!

Welcome to the forum Ken, and good luck with your upcoming surgery! You will be ok! I beleive your murmur was probably there in June too, but the doctor was unable to heart it. In theory, any GP should be able to detect a murmur (a general term for any abnormal heart sound). But that is not...

Hi! The most important thing is to find an excellent cardiologist/cardiac surgeon and trust him about surgery timing. In this forum, it is usual to read opinions favoring early surgeries. The reasoning goes like "the sooner the better", "your valve will not get better, so why not get it fixed...