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Hi all, I went to the dentist today to review extraction of all my wisdom tooth (ouch!!) and she gone through my medical history, and after told me... blime me, you've got quite a lot of issues at your age! I'm 29, and of course that made me think! Do I have alot of issues, could all these be...

Hi Amy, Any reason why you can't run? Mine insists that I should run, cycle and swim but to avoid extreme weight lifting.

Hello Amy, I'm glad you're finding all the help you need and educating yourself daily on this so common condition. I've been bearing this pain for nearly 3 years now and it's mostly anxiety related pain. My cardiologist is not worried at all about my condition and I've asked many, many other...

Hi Amy, I am not a medical expert or anything, but I do carry the same condition as you do, with exactly the same measurement in my root (4.5cm). I have pain in my chest constantly, but cardiologists reassure me that it's not heart related at all. I don't think you should worry about it unless...

Camcough, how did you find out about your aneurysm? was it a coincidence?

Camgough, thank you for your prompt reply and for making me feel better. I don’t know what happens to me, at times I’m ok, not 100% but at least I’m fine, and at times I feel like what they describe as pending doom. I’ve taken meds for this before, as perhaps it could be a bit of depression...

Hi, Was just wondering, but, how many of you have an aortic root dilatation? or perhaps, ascending aorta, and how do you cope with it? Have it stayed same size for quite some time? Mine are Ao Root 4.5 − 4.8 depending on scans, and ascending aorta is around 3.8. Must admit, it’s the first...

Oh, they were around 67 years of age

Hi norm, 622 dead is quite a lot, that's 54% of the patients

Thank you all for your time to post, this is extremely helpful. Your data, mark, shows perfectly what my cardiologist keeps reassuring me about, that after heart operation, the survival rate is equivalent to normal. Thank you for posting that data. I didn't realise, as per Bill's post, that...

Hi Sean, firstly, may I wish you and your family a great christmas and new year. I know exactly how you feel, it feels like you're grieving your old self without this issue, anger, sadness, fear etc..... It's awful. I found out about my BAV 2 years ago, and was devastated. Still miss myself "...

Hi roxx fantastic news mate, my aortic valves have 3 leaflets 1 of them is rudimentary, therefore Im still classed as a bav. Your aortic root sounds absolutely fine to me, and heart speeds up when you're ill is absolutely normal, fighting infection and all that, unfortunately for us anxious...

I like it, ******** haha! That's good...... Well I do think that this is absolutely crap, I would love to complain against her, but feel like I'm going above my cardiologist head if I do..... her name is Alison turner and she is in LinkedIn as a senior medical underwriter with legal and general...

3.4 ! If in the aorta, will not be a cause for concern at all. I think it's the velocity across the valve at 3.4m/s which makes it stenotic, however, I'm bit puzzled by the 5 measurement as that , I agree with lyn, will be the aorta. Mine is at 4.6 and it's still not cause for concern.

Hi, Today I learnt that my application for life insurance has got declined, because they sent a letter to my cardiologist stating that the best case mortality risk after elective surgery for the replacement of aortic root, is 60% 5 year survival rate........ My cardiologist sent a letter back...

God be with you and I shall pray for you.

Thanks Mark for your reply, I've replied to your aother post at the same time regarding mechanical valves. The statistics seems excellent. I am not sure about Ross procedure though, because of having 2 valves to worry about, although, a study by professor sir Magdi Yacoub ( one of the top...

Hi mark, Out of curiosity, how large was your aortic root?

RESPONSE FROM SURGEON My data with the Ross procedure, when performed for aortic valve stenosis shows that the 15 year freedom from re-operation on either the aortic or pulmonary valve is 97%. The freedom from re-operation for most mechanical valves is in the 95% to 97% range at 15 years...

Hi all, just to let you know that I received an email from my cardiologist today and he told me that he is completely happy with the results and would like to repeat the MRI in 1 year time. He told me that I should carry on leading an entirely normal life..... Wfoah....thank God for that! I...