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Cool channel, will check it out. Thanks.

Thanks for the link.

I wish I understood it more and that there was a magic bullet to reinforce our connective tissue, but it's so multi-factorial and complex as you state. I appreciate this forum, as the pooled knowledge of diagnosis, treatment and recovery is very helpful given the really long-term nature of this...

Aortic dilation seems to be a disorder of elastin as much as collagen with elastin stores in the body being more preset - enough to last many decades under normal wear and tear. I'm not sure you can build elastin vs. just slow its degradation. I've been frustrated trying to find supplements to...

I'm not a scientist and one can create a hypothesis based on this but this was in-vitro so may not have any applicability to in-vivo human. Plus we know that uncontrolled blood pressure can accelerate aneurysm growth and many people (perhaps myself included) are not sufficiently controlled by...

Cohen Jul 29 Calcium blockers most likely decrease the levels of elastin in your body. PubMed Amlodipine potentiates metalloproteinase activity and accelerates elastin... 2 Therapeutic ranges of amlodipine significantly enhanced elastin degradation and potentiated MMP-9 activity within the...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9854552/

I'll look for the link, and post the article, just saw it yesterday and don't remember complete context.

Thanks, I'll do some more research on Losartan vs. Telmisartan and may switch when I use up my Telmisartan stock. I bumped from 20 to 40 on Telmisartan and have been able to avoid calcium channel blocker thus far though my bp is not 110/70 yet. More like 125/85 or a bit lower. Hopefully some...

The dilation - had the test and then he took off for an extended vacation. Was only after I read my own data and compared it to previous data that I uncovered the dilation. Otherwise would have carried on blissfully with heavy weightlifting. True, coffee is probably pretty low in the grand...

Caffeine is the last hurdle but you are right (as I type this with my morning cup). Thank you.

Hi, thanks for the reply. My value is tri-leaflet not BAV fortunately. I'm on telmisartan. I've only been taking it for 6 months - upping dose from 20mg to 40mg about two months ago. I should have started some years back as I was in that 140's/90's camp for way too long. Telmisartan seems...

Makes sense, thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. Is there anything specific to leg workouts that made you alter your approach?

Hi, I'm a new member - 62 years old - with a congenital, tiny VSD ( so far no problems) and an aortic root measurement of 3.99 (sinus of Valsalva). Aortic valve is fine with just trace regurgitation and a calcium score of zero. I'm 6 feet tall and 235 lbs so my doctor said that given my BSA...