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It would be interesting to see what the doctor says. Regarding osteoarthritis, I believe there was a paradigm change in the last decade or so. It was thought of as "wear and tear" decease previously. And a trauma can still lead you to it. But more recently a low-grade inflammation was found to...

That's possible. It was just a thought, that the FAQ would be useful for some people. And that it may make replies simpler. But it would also be some labor to write and maintain. I guess I hope they are exceptions to the trends :)

Seems like a great idea. Do you think it's a matter of analyzing data that large professional organizations (like STS) already have? Or is it a matter of actually doing a long-term follow-up survey? (In which case I could see some issues with even young assistant professors getting grants for...

Thanks for the patient reply - I'm sure the same topics resurface once in a while. Maybe there should be a FAQ list somewhere? Thanks! It's a great post. And the plots with error bars are balm for my soul :)

Come to think of this, a typical patient is about 65 at the time of the surgery. And has about 18 years of life expectancy left. Which sets an upper limit of the typical survey's mean duration followup. Which limit is only achievable if everybody is followed up to the end of life. Of course...

Unfortunately, I didn't save the ones I thought I remember. So looked again. Here are a few. They seem to be overviews, rather than single-center experience reports. Controversy pro: Mechanical AVR for better long-term survival of 50–70 years old . It quotes 3 studies, with survival curves...

Will find them on the weekend. Which is "as soon as tomorrow" :)

I'd hope that the market competition between the different valve vendors forces them to compete and improve the product. "Once and done" would seem like a good marketing slogan :) But it's just hope, I don't know this industry. Hence the question. Yep, noticed this trend. There seem to be...

Thanks for pointing this out. I would imagine that the manufacturers may want record various valve parameters they test, in order to correlate them with the longevity data, and eventually to figure out which parameters are important. Have you happened to know if such investigations are happening?

I find this observation to be quite astute, and the situation quite hilarious. :) The key word is probably "to add". Some of the emojies by themselves don't tell the intent, which I think is one of oo0My_Valve0oo's points. Although words can be ambiguous as well 🤔

Almost like "viewership is in the eye of beholder"? 🤔😀

Wait, what? The laughing emoji is interpreted as laughing at the post? I've assumed it's "laughing along with the post". I feel like for the last few years I'm in a desperate need of "head scratching" emoji. Must be an old age. 🙀

I tried to compile what I found out here. There are a few things I would've done differently in terms of preparations (Would've shaved more, got a water pick and shower chair ahead of time, etc.)

Good for you. I presume you just didn't get to this symptom yet. (Not to mention the following stage of cardiac failure.) I think that compensation-by-dilation only works in case of regurgitation (b/c of backflow). If you are really exercise-stenotic, the enlargement probably won't happen. I...

FWIW, when I tried to look up the relative ration, I found this paper. It seems the statements are quite correct for a normal case without complications. In case of complications, the systole and diastole times might cross at lower HR.

I'm very happy you started this thread. Was educational for me as well :) FWIW, I think it's only one possible scenario ("too tight ring"). For example, if the leaflets are "stiff", they will impede the blood flow. The outcome also depends on the technique. From this paper: Functional Mitral...

Walking and meditation come to mind. This is very good as well, for a "more instant" change.

Well, if antibiotics affect INR, then I do have a guess/suspicion about shrimp. Bloomberg ran an article on this topic. I think it's this one. My takeaways from memory: - The implication is that most of the shrimp volume sold in the USA comes from China. - The way the shrimp are raised there...

In the past I did, for over a year. Didn't change migraines at that time (way before surgery). Your comment in another thread, about eliminating tension, was interesting though. (y) My migraines are mild though, just a moderate headache later in the day, after an aura episode. Some people need...

My migraine frequency doubled after surgery. Instead of 2/month it's now 4/month. It's not terribly problematic (and it wasn't an issue previously). But I do record the occasions, so pretty certain of this observation. About the only preventative measure that helps is hydration, especially in...