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  1. Sheenas7

    Home monitoring for coumadin. I have a mechanical heart valve

    Thank you for your information. It is very helpful. Do you have to calibrate or clean the machine? Are you still able to have a lab do it once in a while and be covered? I appreciate your advise
  2. Sheenas7

    Home monitoring for coumadin. I have a mechanical heart valve

    Hi my name is Sheena. I would like your advise on what is the best home monitoring. I live in northern virginia and my doctor is in chevy chase Maryland. With the coronavirus I would like to have a home monitor in case I should need to home test. I am 70 years old female and my valve surgery...
  3. Sheenas7

    dental implants for patients with mechanical mitral valves

    Hi I am looking into a dental implant. I have a St Jude's Mechanical heart valve. Dentist and cardiologist say its ok with antibiotic coverage. Are there any of you who had one? It is just one molar.
  4. Sheenas7

    Bridging with lovenox

    Thank you Pellicle. I think St Jude mitral valve is higher risk than other valves. I go off Coumadin for 5 days and begin to rebuild with Coumadin the night after and for a couple days I am given both Lovenox and Coumadin to bring me up. But I will be off everything for one or two days depending...
  5. Sheenas7

    Bridging with lovenox

    Hi everyone. I appreciate the comments. I am not sure this time what the pre-surgical instructions will be. My cardiologist had discussed only being off the Lovenox for 12 hours. I think that will probably not happen. He said parathyroid surgery is almost bloodless. It depends what she (surgeon)...
  6. Sheenas7

    Bridging with lovenox

    Thank you for your comments.
  7. Sheenas7

    Bridging with lovenox

    I have a st Jude's mechanical mitral valve. Also have atrial fibrillations. Had my surgery in 2001 at Cleveland Clinic with Dr Cosgrove. He also put in a Cosgrove ring in my pulmonary valve. I take 6 mg of Coumadin for 5 days and 4 mg for 2 days. I stay between 2.5-3.5 for my therapeutical...
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