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Thanks everyone! I'm not really hung up on which particular valve I'll be getting. I trust this surgeon to the upmost degree that he will do the right thing for me. I am positive that I want to go tissue over mechanial. Too many friends with bad coumadin experiences. I have come to grips with...

Hi Allison! You're long way from Dayton, Ohio I'm 61. I really don't get tired, but do have serveral odd feelings at times that I can't expain. The Doc said that at my age there was a 80% chance that the tissue valve would last 20 years. From what I've read, 20 yrs seems like a very opimistic...

Thanks so much to my new found friends that have wished me good luck! Spent 4 hrs at hospital today doing pre-testing. My wife and I had a nice hour long talk with a nurse about the whole procedure. The nurse seem more concerned about my wife's state mind than mine. Wife is doing lots better...

Feb 14 I will be having my Aortic Valve replaced and part of my aorta repaired. About 3 1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with AV Stenosis. I have had yearly echos and 6 mo visits with the cardio since. Last year the valve area was .9, this year .8. the mean pressure gradiant last year was 31, this...