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Thanks. Yes, will give your regards to Dr Jalali. I am relieved that he is going to be my surgeon again, I have great respect for him and the utmost confidence in his work, regardless of which valve I choose. Will keep you posted.

Yes, this was discussed earlier on. My surgeon said that if I had been younger, it would have been a viable option, but not one that he would offer me as a best solution now. I can't recall the specifics of the conversation now, but basically, he stated that here in Australia, I would be hard...

I'm sorry, I hope I didn't come across as being rude...don't apologize for not scanning back. So yes, my #2 OHS. Thank you for your thoughts on this, and yes, that is what you thought in your first reply. If I am really honest with myself, the biological valve is probably the option that I...

As a recap from my first post in this thread, I'm 11 1/2 yrs post replacement, which was a bovine valve. Age 57 in two weeks. First surgery was for a bicuspid valve that was picked up at birth, so long history of monitoring. I asked about the risk of future aneurysm, because I know the...

Congratulations on getting through to the other side successfully! Yep, the drain tubes... But it is all up from here. Good luck!

Thanks Pellicle, I think I have viewed those resources but will look again. I do have long term thrombocytopenia, in the mild range, and a bit of a history or bleeds - post partum haemorrhage, haemorrhage after the first OHS, and frequent spontaneous nose bleeds, prolonged bleeding after small...

A quick update...saw the cardiologist after the MDT case conference. TAVR is definitely out of the question...anatomically, my valve is not suited to a TAVR, as it will block the coronary artery, so that at least is thoroughly removed from the equation, at least for now! And the coarct, while...

So I have just spent the best part of a week going through a number of pre-surgery tests...CT Scan, Angiogram, TOE, blood tests, lung function test, etc, etc. My results were sent to case conference yesterday, because I am so undecided on making the decision, with 3 surgeons, 3 cardiologists...

No he didn't really, just made a vague reference to it becoming too big a surgery when it isn't necessary. The coarct hasn't changed in about 20 years now, so I think they expect that it probably isn't going to and if it ain't broke, it don't need fixin'. I hope your wife is going well!

Hi there Pellicle, In answer to your questions, yep, I'm a Queenslander, 56 right now, and this will be my second valve. Why I'm leaning towards a mech valve? Probably because I don't want to risk having to have more than one more surgery, I guess. I also have struggled with the decline in...

Hi Ottagal, I'm so sorry to hear of your CA diagnosis, not an easy thing. Good luck with that, I hope everything goes well. Thank you for your thoughts...it is good to hear from people who have been there, are there and have done that. Yes, a crystal ball would be wonderful! I have got some...

Great pic! Thanks for your reply. Yes, lots of things to be grateful for...I'm interested to hear in what ways surgery was different second time around...I actually found first time round pretty rugged, and my thinking has also been that it would be better to be younger to go through a redo...

Hi, I have recently joined this forum. I am 11 1/2 years post surgery, having chosen a biological valve to replace a bicuspid valve at age 45, in the hope that technology will provide an alternative answer when the time comes to replace it and also in the hope that I would get longer out of it...

I have nothing but praise for Dr Jalali. I was fortunate enough to have him as my surgeon 11 years ago. Complete confidence in him, and I hope he is my surgeon again in February when I have to have a redo.

11 years and 2 months for me. Valve is now severely stenotic and mod-severe regurgitation, and I will be having another replacement within the next couple of months. I will be 55 years old.