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Hi, One more question - The doctors say that the valve was hurt because of an infection. My father had endocarditis two years ago, and the valve failure was probably caused by this infection, or another infection that came afterwards and was not noticed, causing a degradation in the valve's...

He wasn't part of a trial, just one of the first who got this valve. He said today that he feels the same way, but he seemed a little better to me (maybe this is wishful thinking). I don't know about the fluid, they are giving him medicine for it and I guess they know what they are doing. I felt...

Hi, I visited my dad today and showed him what you wrote. Apparently you guys know what you are talking about, since his cardiologist said about the same... :) One correction - his current valve is Tissue but he doesn't know from which animal. Other stuff I left out - they also put a graft on...

Thanks for the replies, information is indeed power... :) My father has a porcine biological valve. Hagai.

Hi, My late grandfather, my father and myself all have bicuspid aortic valves. My grandfather was diagnosed late and died from it in 1982 at age 59 after a few surgeries. My father is 65, had a valve replacement 3 years ago and is now in the hospital again with water in his lungs, an oversized...