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I've got about a week or less to make my final valve replacement decision. I may be asking questions that have been answered before but my time for research is growing short. My surgery is scheduled for March 7. 1. If I go tissue, should I worry that being very active will shorten the valve's...

Hello everyone, My AVR surgery is scheduled for March 7. I had my catherization done yesterday and looks like it's a good thing my surgery is soon. I was happy to find out that I don't have any other big heart problems besides a very sad aortic valve. I finally found out that the valve is...

When I met with my surgeon, he mentioned that 5% of patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis end up with a pacemaker because of calcium deposits around the valve that have to be removed. I think he said calcium can be on the heart itself. I may have the details all wrong. All I clearly remember is...

Thank you for those encouraging words. More than any other time in my life I'm trying to make a conscious decision to walk on faith and believe there are some wonderful blessings that will come out of this experience. I'm in the middle of trying to identify a surgeon and make a replacement...

Hello everyone, The surgeon I interviewed recently, highly recommended a stentless valve for me and in talking to his nurse I discovered that he uses the Medtronics Freestyle and does a root replacement on all of his patients who choose this valve. She said the reason he does this is because in...

Hello everyone, I just got back from a meeting with Dr. Kon at Wake Forest Baptist University. I had an echo done today and he said I should have a valve replacement within 6 weeks. His recommendation was a porcine stentless valve. He also said a Ross procedure was an option for me. He can do...

Hello everyone, I'm really new to valve selection and so far, it is driving me crazy. How does anybody ever decide? It seems like a professional health care provider should be able to sit down with you and take into account your medical history, medications you take, suppliments you take...

I just want to thank everyone for their input. It's actually very reassuring to see how many of you don't let this medication keep you from doing the things you want to do. I have a lot of thinking to do about what valve choice would be best for me. But reading your replies makes me feel that I...

Hello folks, I just got the word this past Thursday that I should have my aortic valve replaced within the next 6 months. Aside from a miracle, (which I'm not at all ruling out) all the options for replacement are less than perfect. I'm still in shock and have so many questions in so many...