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Thanks for the good news Steve!

The article you cite pushed me to go with the tissue valve but it is certainly not an easy decision. One important point that swayed me was that a mechanical valve does not lower the rate of reoperation due to the probability of side effects of warfarin. This is often an argument for the...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449535/#!po=2.08333 its a rat study, but the valves were pericardial tissue valves and crestor had a profound effect on preserving the integrity of them. This is significant because we just dont have much human research in this area.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5465157/ check this recent research. It claims LONG TERM lipid lowering lowers lpa. Also the type of statin may be important. The current study demonstrated that long-term statin therapy significantly decreased the Lp (a) levels in CAD patients...

Happy To hear your on this side Jimmy. Enjoy your recovery and wishing you well!

Like your Churchill quote ****. I had surgery 4 months ago and the worst part by far were my thoughts about it. Good luck to you Dean and yes its true heart surgery has became relatively routine and very effective.

Hi Jimmy good luck with your surgery. The posting on this site is a bit slow but it auto saves it so it wont get lost.

Good luck Eric and please Go easy on the fourth of July beer after surgery.LOL!:Face-Embarrassed:

Hi Steve, thanks for that information. I guess measuring heart rate probably wont make a lot of sense. Ive already noticed a difference. I think perceived exertion might be the better option.

Hi Anne and thanks. Your right about listening to ones body. I got to thinking reading your thread where Steve mentioned beta blockers. I am on tenolol a bb and I am thinking that heart rate exercise just might be something that won't work with the way bb's slow it down and all. He seems to...

Hi, the below article from AHA discusses high lp(a) and strongly indicates that ldl lowering and Niacin are important therapuetically for those with your condition If I were in your shoes I would demand 40 mg. Of crestor ( the highest dose of the most potent statin) and the highest dose of...

I used to do HIIT Training and now feeling good 4 months post op I thought I'd give it a try. With HIIT for anyone not familiar you go hard for a minute or two getting your heart rate up to around 90% of max. I am 64 and I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on this. I mean is it wise or just...

Good news indeed! Happy for you

The calcification thing is certainly related to injury. In my own case I had rheumatic fever in childhood which left my aortic valve scarred. Similiar to what happens to a coronary artery the process of calcification began and progressed throughout my life. I knew eventually it, the valve, would...

http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/4/8861/pdf Abstract: Cardiovascular (CV) calcification is known as sub-clinical atherosclerosis and is recognised as a predictor of CV events and mortality. As yet there is no treatment for CV calcification and conventional CV risk factors are not consistently...

Do you have symptoms like shortness of breath, lihghtheadedness? I was diagnosed with severe AS but was asymptomatic. Once I started developing symptoms it was time to get surgery As far as my doctors were concerned...

Not many 40 year olds your right about that for sure, but lifestyle does take its toll on our valves as well as our arteries, but again as you say genetics is oftentimes the biggest factor, afterall most people with bad habits never get valve disease to the point they need OHS even in old age...

Yeah I fully understand your positive outlook. Its great you feel that way and its very realistic. What they can do today is just amazing! I was terrified my whole life with the prospect of OHS and then I went through it 3 1/2 months ago and was so surprised that it just was not so bad as I...

Very possible. Anxiety can cause a lot of false symptoms especially heart stuff. The asthma thing could be sleep apnea. Do you snore? I had symptoms all my life similiar to yours, especially shortness of breath and palpitations. I realized they were psychosomatic and learned to ignore them...

Sorry to hear about your predicament. here are the three top causes of stenotic valves: In adults, three conditions are known to cause aortic stenosis. Progressive wear and tear of a bicuspid valve present since birth (congenital). Wear and tear of the aortic valve in the elderly. Scarring of...