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I would like to comment on your first point. My aorta size is 3.8 and surgeon advised against lifting heavy. It increased between 2007 and 2013 when i had boderline high BP and used to lift heavy. I think that lifting heavy had contributed to this increase. Giving up weight lifting was one of...

Nipun Shah I have BAV. Aorta increased between 2007(had an echo in 07) and 2013 when i had high BP, used to do workout (squats, deadlift etc). In 2013 BAV was caught and i changed my lifestyle after that. It has been stable since then. Doctor says that it could grow within 5 years or it may...

Hi Nipun, Which surgeon have you chosen for redo? Is he Dr Panda? I am going for AVR with 3.8 aortic root. I know that i will be a candidate for redo soon due to aorta size.

Wishing you a smooth recovery and waiting for a detailed post op experience ...:)

Congratulations Harriet. Let us know, how it feels like to be on the other side of the mountain...

Mechanical vs tissue is not so simple as some people are pointing out. If someone guarantee me 15-20 from tissue, I would go tissue without a doubt. But I am going mechanical because there are no guarantees in tissue, it can fail in 5 years too and my age is 32. Some people are against...

Best wishes to you Harriet. It is going to be all right. My own surgery is scheduled for 19th January. I am sure by that time you will be recovering and telling me that it wasn't that bad :).

pellicle we can use 'waterpik' for flossing. I think it won't cause blood in gums(not sure through). I have ordered one. I find traditional flossing cumbersome.

AZ Don Even i ignored my gums in my younger days. It sucks when you have a valve disease(i came to know about it only 3 years back). I still have couple of months, so i will get them thoroughly cleaned and if need arises, get problematic ones extracted.

epstns I have regurgitation and not stenosis. But i think it would still put me at risk of endocarditis.

Thanks pellicle for another informative post. Yes, i have been following your blog post and posts, and yes i will buy Coagucheck and planning to check INR weekly. I want to do everything under my control to deal with current situation in a best possible way.

Hi, I will be going through AVR within 6 months, have decided to go with mechanical valve(32 years old). I want to go with ON-X valve, but not sure if they do that in India. Contacted ON-X through message, but they are not replying. Any help here would be appreciated. But more than surgery, it...

Best of luck. I am sure your heart will reduce to normal size after operation. Mine went from 7.1 cm to 5.4 cm without surgery that too on moderate leakage. With fully functional valve i don't see a reason why it won't come down. Be sure to do aerobic exercise regularly when you are back to...

At this point of time i am more worried about leakage. I took two more opinions(and another echo) and both of them were of the opinion that surgery is not needed now. So i have cancelled it. Although i must admit that i was mentally prepared for the surgery and that is the tough part. Now i will...

Hi Adnan, First i went to Fortis and took second opinion from Apollo. I am planning to go to Manipal for another opinion. When is your surgery and who is your surgeon?

I had second opinion with another surgeon. He said that he doesn't prefer arotic valve repair and replacement is not needed now. So i am cancelling surgery now.

Hello, A little background. I am 30 year old suffering from BAV with moderate AR. Had symptoms from last 7 years. Echo was done in 2007, it came out clean and they said it was all in my head. I had mild LV dilation( they said no to worry about this) with no leakage. It must have been done...