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Patr83 I am very glad for you. May I ask, what was the lesion, stenosis, regurgitation, or both?

romankuvshinov23 Привет, форум исключительно англоязычный. В медицине США, касающейся аорты, нет ничего радикально лучше, чем то, что есть в России в крупных центрах, так что совет наблюдаться американские врачи разделяют в твоей ситуации. Интересно спросить, как ты попал на КТ - направили, или...

Recent report for the mitral Foldax valve in India. They hope to finish the trial this year and have a regulator permission.

minpin Well my source is that many people even with severe AR were asymptomatic, based on their stories. Also the clinical recommendations call for surgery only in severe and symptomatic population, if their heart dimensions are not calling for surgery. On the other hand, I've read about...

Sure, I am a possible future patient and want to know what to expect. Also, as I said, having symptoms is not common with moderate regurgitation.

Hi minpin, congratulations on your surgery. What symptoms did you have? Moderate regurgitation should not be symptomatic, AFAIK.

pellicle Here's the first video result from the google - the article and the surgery video. The surgeon here doesn't use template though, which is the original method. https://www.ctsnet.org/article/aortic-valve-repair-all-cusp-replacement-using-treated-autologous-pericardium-ozaki

they have cut the pericardium but I assume they have not stopped the heart or have you on bypass - yes. how long does it take to manfacture that in situ (with you open) - I'd say 5-10 minutes for the leaflets. any data on post surgical complications such as infections - I have no reliable data...

They place metal template on a piece of pericardium and cut the leaflets, then put them into glutaraldehyde for a couple of minutes, rinse, and voila.

j42195 My 2 cents. For me, Ozaki is out of question, if the annulus is large. A respectable surgeon told me that, and I see no reasons to disbelieve him here. I guess the same applies to Ross, because there will be no tissue strengthening structures in the valve. As for the worse survival with...

IMO the thing with the heart is it doesn't respond with pain when overloaded, and it doesn't recover a lot after it is damaged, if any, so basically after surgery people live with what has left of their heart by the moment of the surgery. Again, it may just stop with no ill effects... Not...

Actually it's in the high normal range. BNP is a marker of a struggling myocardium.

Hello, AFAIK the limit for surgery on aorta with BAV is 5, not 5.5 cm. The guidelines for severity and LV dilatation are quite old now, I'd surrender myself to surgery earlier, if a good treatment was available. What symptoms do you have? Your EF is normal.

What I meant is that I'm afraid it's too easy to just feel happy surviving the surgery and almost innocently forget about the remaining nuisances related to health. Also, I guess it's in the american mentality to downplay personal problems in public. :)

Thanks, I wish more people were this straight.

My hero on this site is Superbob, who had two Bentalls (bio) due to aneurysm and AR and quite recently said that his heart was OK, in his eighties.

Hi, I found this article interesting. Elite athlete with at least moderate AR and a severely dilated left ventricle had normal BP. Could it be, that his normal BP was from his meds? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10157104/

By the way... Was removal of the tubes any painful? I hear different stories on that.

Left ventricle dilatation affects mitral valve, which starts closing worse, it's called mitralisation of the aortic insufficiency. If the aortic insufficiency is dealt with in a timely fashion, dilatation often regresses, and the mitral valve works better again.

Congratulations and thanks from the future potential patient. Your future occasional feedback here is also very welcome.