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PS I’m reading your post and just to let you know I read studies not google and I’m a trained PhD with a dissertation in female heart failure so I do understand to only read valid legit sources! Reading all the stuff on the internet can make you crazy and you have to trust your cardiologist and...

Thank you I will look now!

That is amazing how long your valve has lasted. I didn’t anticipate a replacement in 5 years but mine is very stenotic. I’m concerned about the calcification on the mechanical. Not sure which one the surgeon will put in but I have taken care of his patients (I’m a cardiac nurse) and people from...

I replaced my valve with a tissue valve 5 years ago and although I had some shortness of breath I didn’t nearly have the complications I m having now. I have severe ascites in my abdomin and have had pulmonary edema. I have had to go to the ER twice, once for pulmonary edema another for...

Hello I’m new to this forum. I’m am currently 62 I had an AVR in May 2017 and opted for a tissue valve. I now need it replaced and am scheduled for surgery on Aug 17, 2022 and have elected to go with a mechanical valve and am looking for information about the valves and surgery outlook. Thanks