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  1. Jeff Lebowski

    mechanical-heart-valve-noise-may-cause-sleepless-nights

    I understand so well what this man is trying to say. After 60 years of life, he has summarized his life experience in five articles.
  2. Jeff Lebowski

    mechanical-heart-valve-noise-may-cause-sleepless-nights

    Everyone has a different threshold. I repeat, I don't give a damn. People were dying 100 years ago without even knowing that their heart valves were faulty. I guess if they were given a choice but told that they would get a tic toc sound from their chest as a result, they would not have said no...
  3. Jeff Lebowski

    mechanical-heart-valve-noise-may-cause-sleepless-nights

    I am 52 years old and I no longer care what people think. I am also not bothered at all by the sound of my mechanical aortic valve, it is there working like a table clock, which is a comfort to me. Sometimes I focus on that sound and I am grateful that I am still alive, many things other than...
  4. Jeff Lebowski

    mechanical-heart-valve-noise-may-cause-sleepless-nights

    my mechanical aortic valve works like a Swiss watch. I don't know about you, but I am happy to hear this sound:)
  5. Jeff Lebowski

    Bumps around chest scar

    ı am not sure
  6. Jeff Lebowski

    Bumps around chest scar

    Although it has been seven months since my open heart surgery, the surgical scar continues to itch from time to time, is this normal?
  7. Jeff Lebowski

    Longest period known before aortic valve replacement needed

    I didn't see any symptoms. As I mentioned before, I did not know that I had aortic stenosis until 7 years ago, and my condition was not at the level of surgery in the controls made for seven years. in the control made last year, I was told that I had reached the level of surgery.
  8. Jeff Lebowski

    Longest period known before aortic valve replacement needed

    My aortic stenosis has become severe in the last two years. In previous years it was moderate. To be honest, I never even knew I had aortic stenosis until I was 45 years old. Until two years ago I was running ultra marathons (trail runs between 50 and 100 miles). I have run more marathons and...
  9. Jeff Lebowski

    New member & “bloody” question

    you wrote that there is nothing wrong with your mouth. In this case, there may be a trauma in your throat, bleeding due to ulcer or erosion in the stomach and intestines. Maybe you have a lung infection or pulmonary embolism. I think you should go to the emergency room of the nearest hospital...
  10. Jeff Lebowski

    New member & “bloody” question

    what is the color of the blood?
  11. Jeff Lebowski

    Warfarin phone App

    yes, there are a few app but ı didnt try them yet
  12. Jeff Lebowski

    Warfarin phone App

    Greetings, I found a useful phone application about Warfarin daily dose and result analyses, I wanted to share it with you. I entered my own test results, I am sharing some screenshots. The name of the app is ınr log. This is the application: https://apps.apple.com/app/id929029358
  13. Jeff Lebowski

    Is an aneurysm common for people with a bicuspid valve?

    You are right at this point, but do not forget that there is also the possibility that your existing aortic aneurysm may not progress after mechanical aortic valve replacement surgery. No one can predict that. As in my case, my aneurysm was 4.1 cm when my valve was replaced. I thought like you...
  14. Jeff Lebowski

    Is an aneurysm common for people with a bicuspid valve?

    This is a very relative issue. Some surgeons talk about a limit of 5 cm or even 5.5 cm for aortic aneurysm surgery.
  15. Jeff Lebowski

    Is an aneurysm common for people with a bicuspid valve?

    My aortic root aneurysm was 4.1 cm during aortic valve replacement surgery. The surgeon did not intervene in the aneurysm, I console myself that cardiovascular surgeons know better.
  16. Jeff Lebowski

    Back in the waiting room...

    I send you my best wishes and I believe you will survive this operation in good health.
  17. Jeff Lebowski

    Mechanical Aortic Valve Gradients

    I asked the sacred source of information ChatGPT 😀 about this and received the following response “A peak gradient of 25 mmHg and a mean gradient of 14 mmHg across the aortic valve can be considered within the normal range for patients who have undergone mechanical aortic valve replacement, but...
  18. Jeff Lebowski

    Mechanical Aortic Valve Gradients

    Today I was examined by a professor cardiologist who specialises in mechanical heart valves. He measured my aortic mean gradient as 14 mmHG and the peak gradient as 24 mmHG. He said that these values are normal for people with mechanical heart valve replacement. My aortic root diameter is...
  19. Jeff Lebowski

    Tips to prevent Endocarditis?

    I do not believe that there is much to do about endocarditis, especially after taking the necessary precautions such as oral hygiene. I think you should not poison your life with this fear. Living with the constant fear that I will get endocarditis does nothing but upset the person.
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