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Edwards Bovine Aortic valve with 5 yrs 3 mos under the belt. Age 69 yrs 9 mos. No issues so far.

Another Edwards Bovine Aortic valve at 4-1/2 years. No issues so far.

Good morning Tom. AVR and aneurysm repair scheduled 4/14/15 just down the road in Louisville. Age 64. Good health (with 10 yr old steel hips). Otherwise healthy but enlarged heart. Going with tissue valve and Dacron sleeve for aneurysm. My surgeon says 20 yrs is doable with today's tissue valves...

Good morning Tom. AVR and aneurysm repair scheduled 4/14/15 just down the road in Louisville. Age 64. Good health (with 10 yr old steel hips). Otherwise healthy but enlarged heart. Going with tissue valve and Dacron sleeve for aneurysm. My surgeon says 20 yrs is doable with today's tissue valves...

Just back from my first meeting with the surgeon. I have a chest CAT scan scheduled for Friday April 10th and go for AVR surgery on April 14th. Going with a tissue valve as recommended by the surgeon. Pig or Cow to be determined by him during the surgery according to any technical issues that...

Update. Thank you pellicle and Paleogirl for the good advise above. I did see my cardiologist and he convinced me that thinking of waiting was nonsense. His root cause for concern is the much increased wall thickness of my heart muscle, indicating it's adaptation to having to work into too...

I know you're not doctors and am not asking for a medical opinion, but if everything worked below my recent echo should appear below. I'm very new at this and am pouring over the internet trying to learn as much as I can. If anyone has anything to offer after looking at the echo, I'm all ears...

Just to update everyone. I received an email today indicating that my account has been activated. So I can now post and reply. Thanks to the web master or whoever helped.

Dick, I just got home from work, checked my emails and see that my account here has been "activated" by someone. So I now can post and reply. I have your number. You can delete your phone message if you wish. Will give you a call either during a break at work or on one of my off days. Thanks.