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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

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...

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.

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...

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)...

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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...