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This is a quote from UpToDate. A source that I use everyday that I depend on to give me evidence based recommendations. VKA plus aspirin better than VKA alone — Support for the addition of antiplatelet therapy to VKA therapy rather than anticoagulation alone in patients with mechanical valves...

Taking 81mg asa reduces your chance of thrombosis by 40% more than with just warfarin by itself. Valve manufacturer recommends it. Don’t know why your cardiotron doesn’t , would be interesting to see if he got his covid19 shots. He sounds like an *****.

Wow, keep it up! Congrats.

Man I feel great! I am 63 and I am in the best shape in 30 years. It’s a miracle to me and I am so blessed to be here. I am running 2.5 miles 4 or 5 times a week. Had to invest in some good nikes and I am wearing them out. Haven’t seen my buddy (cardiologist) in 5 months. Will be curious to...

I had a colon/egd 1 week prior to AVR to get everything checked by my physician. I had some constipative symptoms prior to surgery, these have improved greatly since surgery 6 months ago. I do not have a bleeding disorder or some weird factor disease. Yes it presents commonly in a primary...

I am also monitoring and keeping my INR at 2.0 . Any thinner than that and I start having some anal/rectal bleeding from poop. I am taking advantage of the technology of carbon fiber making the leaflets as slick as ice. Plus when you take the 81mg asa it adds a 40%decrease in thrombosis than...

If you had the vid and are fully recovered most people are recommending 1 month now instead of the original 3 months as was mentioned on an earlier post. If you haven’t had the vid and are waiting for 3rd booster it should be 8 months after the first series. I was vaccinated about 8 months...

To this thread late. Good luck on your OHS. It’s been 5 months for me and I am so much better. Didn’t realize how valve disease keeps you from being the best you can be. Ran 2.3 miles yesterday in 96 degree heat with 60% humidity and it felt great! I feel 20 years younger. I have never...

There has not been a new drug for Alzheimer’s in 20 years and this drug getting approved did not have good data as vitdoc has said. I lost a lot of faith in the cdc while trump was in office with the recommendations that were made for Covid prevention and treatment. The disinformation...

Well I can’t do much above INR of 2.5 without having episodes of anal/rectal bleeding. I am glad I decided to have a colon and an egd a couple of weeks prior to surgery to make sure the pipe was clean of polyps or ulcers in stomach. Glad I did it. I aim for 2.0 and I take the 81mg asa. I have...

If one was considering whether to get re-vaccinated or to see if they have lasting immunity from an infection. One could get a COVID IgG antibody titer. If it is present you have been immunized if there is anti-spike antibodies present. Hard to draw conclusion from levels without a study done...

Had my AVR about 4 months ago. I am 63 y/o and I never was into running, couldn’t do it. My old bav would leave me gasping like a fish out of water after a block. Yesterday I ran ( very slow jog). 2 1/2 miles and did it with smile on face. Truly a miracle. Not only that but several systems...

I could not stop laughing when I saw this.

Essentially some non-vaxers are being culled out unnecessarily by the virus. If you get your vaccine ;even if you get covid19, you won’t die (maybe). At least it hasn’t happened to my knowledge. Don’t be a fool the nanites in the vaccine won’t hurt.

That was said with sarcasm

99% off people dying from COVID-19 are the unvaccinated. The efficacy is great in preventing death. But we have to salute the freedom of refusal of vaccine and the ability to infect the general public vaccd or not vaccd

I paid 900 US dollars for machine and all testing supplies. That is about the going rate for brand new machines. I know people have bought from eBay much cheaper. I didn’t go that route.

https://coag-sense.com/

Most people use the roche machine, I bought a coagsense machine the jury is still out on it IMHO. It has had a firmware update which numbers are more consistent or maybe I’m just getting better sticking my self. I like the 10 microliter capillary tube to collect and deliver the precise amount...

If your arrhythmias worsen with exercise this is a poor prognostication for outcomes. I would get checked for unstable angina, possible coronary artery disease. Seems like a higher probability for sudden death. YMMV