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😁 Yup. Always on the quest for info in all kinds of forms. 😁

Small sample size But yeah, you're probably right. Really old people with tricuspids often die of something else even if their valves are stenotic.

However, google likely lumped BAVs in with normal tricuspids. I think this important variable could factor into conjecturing about this topic. What do you think?

I'm so glad to see you working with your cardiologist for the betterment of your health . . . . so important to have a respectful and good working relationship with your specialists.

I'm answering my own question again. We can fly home 24 hours after procedure. (Well we are saving ourselves $2200 to forgo CT angio at a private diagnostic clinic, as cardio wants coronary catheterization angio at this point, now that he has looked at hubby's ECG, and due to being the "gold...

What type of tissue valve was it, and is it TAVR ready, or did your surgeon say a valve-in-valve was an option for you in the future if necessary? Thanks!

I'm answering my own question in case it may be helpful for others. Clearly, there are very different ways of doing things regarding surgery, hospitals, in different countries, testing, etc. That's why they call medicine an art, even though guided by science. Our cardiologist last November...

What type of bioprosthetic/tissue valve do you have?

Did your cardio or surgeon say that a possible future intervention, (if you even needed one), could be TAVR with your Magna Ease?

What type of bioprosthetic/tissue valve do you have, and did your cardio or surgeon say that you may be a candidate for future TAVR if necessary?

Did your cardio or surgeon say the re-do could be TAVR for you? What type of bioprosthetic/tissue valve do you have?

Did your cardio or surgeon say it would be possible that in the very distant future, should you require another operation, that a TAVR could be done within your Magna Ease valve?

Why did your cardio and/or surgeon opt for the catheterization angio vs the CT angio?

In BC, Canada, the wait time for a CT angio is 1 year. So obviously we will be going with a coronary angiogram via catheterization instead of CT (my guess is femoral entry), and probably within the next month whenever we get the call. We will be asking our cardio as well as the interventional...

Thank you for your response. I respect your input, as I do so many others on this site. Very helpful.

I understand that everyone is individual, with different desires in life, different advice given by different surgeons, etc., etc. However, I'm curious, since you are old enough to look back, you have lots of experience, and you appear to be very athletic. With what you know now, and all of the...

Hi. I understand that your third surgery was to fix the aneurysm. But why did your mechanical valve that you had inserted 22 years prior, also need to be replaced? Thanks in advance.

OMG. I just came back to delete this part of my previous post so I didn't look so stupid, but I see you were too efficient in responding and I can't edit your post! Ha! It has been a long flight and I was tired. I plead stupidity due to tiredness. Good to know!! You are so full of...

Hi Chuck. I must have missed this post on my search for info. Do you know how the measurement is calculated? All I see on hubby's echo is in mm not cm: aorta sinuses 36 mm and prox ascending aorta 37 mm. I wonder how you got 3.6 cm? Did your surgeon say how much more of a surgical risk a...

Hi again. Does anyone have any data on the possible development of aneurysm/dilation in someone with BAV with severe asymptomatic stenosis needing repeat surgery for this problem alone? Hubby is leaning toward mechanical because one and done is very appealing, but one and done may not be one...