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FWIW, I went from Florida to CC to obtain. what seemed to me to be, the best skills and facilities available. If I had to do it over, I would do it the same way. Not just excellent surgeons, but excellent staff at all levels and most of them that I came in contact with were specialized for heart...

My experience with the CC was about 2 weeks to get a response to my medical records submission. I sent them directly to the surgeon of my choice and followed up with his admin. The response was a phone call from his scheduling nurse who indicated that he felt that I was a candidate for surgery...

Agree completely that it is hard to draw conclusions based on the experience of others. Also difficult to see a gradual, consistent trend in aneurysm test results. Having said that, here is my history: 2003 - First diagnosed at 4.7 - age 53 2003 -2016 - Varied from 4.7 to 4.8 - Actually would...

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"Whew - That was really close." Best wishes for a successful recovery and a great rest of your life - that almost did not happen.

My understanding is that it is a calculated measurement. Mine gradually deteriorated to .9. I also had an aortic aneurysm at 5.0. Those two measures combined got me a ticket to the OR. HTH

One thing worse than a colonoscopy is not needing one because you are no longer here.

I second the opinion on the calcium scoring test. One that I had in 2002 showed early stage CAD. With very prominent family history of heart disease, I opted to increase my daily dosage of statins. 2 years ago a Cardiac Cath prior to my AVR surgery showed only blockage was 20% in LAD with other...

Best wishes for a successful surgery and a rapid and complete recovery.

Best wishes for a successful surgery and a rapid and complete recovery.

Best wishes for a successful surgery and a rapid and complete recovery.

Same answer here. Also asked a Specialist at CC if statins help reduce calcification and he said that, at one time they hoped for that, but that it does not appear to be the case. YMMV

Congratulations Duffy! I am guessing that this is exactly what you hoped for.

I traveled over 1000 miles to the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland for my surgery to get the very best treatment I could find even though there are plenty of open heart surgeons in Florida. There is almost nothing that they have not experienced and dealt with at CC. If you go on their website...

The clinic that I go to for all of my healthcare except cardio uses the MyChart online portal as does the Cleveland Clinic where I had my heart surgery performed. Results are available to me as soon as they are available to Doctors and staff. My wife uses a different clinic and they are also on...

Another CC alum.here. And it was not 2 hours away for me. I think that Roselli is probably one of the best in the world. Best wishes for a successful surgery and a complete recovery.

Kudos for supporting your/buddy/hubby. In my experience support is very, very important. 1. At what age did you get your bio-prosthetic valve? 71 yo - 27mm Inspiris Resilia. Hopefully it will last 15 - 20 years at my age. If it starts to fail, I should be a candidate for a TAVR replacement 2...

Jingles, Not the best diagnosis for sure. A thought: It still might be worth a shot to contact some of the world class heart clinics. Although my valve and aneurysm was "standard issue" and I was a candidate for a typical AVR/aneurysm surgery, I became aware of the fact that the Cleveland...

Sooner rather than later.

Chuck Interesting graph. I had a cardiologist show me a similar graph many years ago. Difference was he did not have an age tied to the "cliff" but did have it related to mild to moderate to severe as measured by test results. I think that the idea was that you can be asymptomatic (as I was at...