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Hi Joe, I had my aortic valve replaced with a CE bovine valve in 05. I compete in the USAPL bench press competitions only. I don't squat or dead lift. I recently set a state record in the bench press M3 74 k class. Not giving any advice here. I was advised over and over again and again not to...

This is embarrassing but I don't know how to PM

thanks sumo but I dont have a facebook account

I recall reading a post by a competitive powerlifter and I would like to contact him. I am considering entering bench press nationals in September in Scranton Pa. Just wondering if he is going to be there. I would like to meet him. Thanks.

Adam, I am sorry no one actually answered your question. I believe you wanted to know the longest a tissue valve has ever lasted. The answer to your question is 30 years 197 days. It was a pig valve (not bovine) implanted in 1979-2010. The patient died from natural causes. It is listed the...

No I don't have an armchair degree in cardiology, biology, microbiology, psychology or parapsychology like some of you have. All I got is common sense. Something I find lacking on this forum. Don't bother commenting. I'll be gone for a few months. I have better things to do with my life. 4,000...

Forget what I said. I don't know anything. Just sit on the couch and eat chips, listen to your arteries harden, blow up to 400 lbs. and then drop dead. That's a great alternative.

The notion that tissue valves wear out faster in people with active lifestyles does not compute with me. It is a proven fact that athletic people have. a much slower heart rate then people who are sedentary. This would indicate that the valve would last longer in active people not shorter. Also...

Call it whatever fancy pants name you want. The fact is if you want the beta max/4 track of valves go with mechanical. If you want the blu ray of valves go with tissue

I would go with tissue. That archaic piece of plastic they call a mechanical valve will be obsolete before your tissue valve wears out. I fully expect the mechanical valves will be on the junk heap in 20 years.