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I all, All the comments that you've all raised, are all fantastic facts, I thought that my life expectancy is impaired one way or another, perhaps, because my life insurance application, as most of you are probably aware, have declined me, saying that only 60% survive 5 years after op.. (I...

Dick0236 - I've got so much respect for what you tell me. I'm so naive, I admit! thank you for replying to my post, you do give me alot of courage, as all my fears are nothing next to your reality of having been there, done that. ChrisC- You're right, this anxiety is eating us alive.... Is...

These are very interesting facts, thank you for sharing with us your knowledge elective , you are a real asset to this forum. I suppose I can understand why the incidence of dissection with BAV patients than Marfans, because Marfans have physical features that are also distinguishable, and...

Hi elective, thank you for replying. I should have said please ! :) Will this help my request? :) and, thank you. I understand that the statistics are more specifically related to the ascending part, after the sinitubular junction. My cardiologist told me that , the ascending aorta in persons...

Yes, I seen that on google. I've made a search on him before, and he sounds that he knows what he is talking about. I think he made alot of research on Marfans. My cardiologist also thinks that normal root can go up to 42mm on those with a BSA of 2+ .... The measurements are all based on bells...

I want to thank you all for your support. Just to update you, My doctor wanted to put me back on drugs, , but he knows how I felt about it, so instead,he said that referral to a psychologist again will be helpful. He told me that he wants to follow me up monthly, and see how I'm getting on with...

Hi Is your dilation on the root or above the sinotubular junction?

Dear all, Wow, you are truly a family! I'm absolutely amazed by your support and responses, I had more meaningful responses from you, then from my family and friends. Thankyou, really! Ok, I need to get a grip, I do not know where to start, but I have to. I'm going to take advice on getting a...

Hi , I've read all your messages and will reply later on tonight, I'm waiting for the train, and will be better to type from a computer at home. In the meantime, I am very grateful for your advice, and dick, your experiences and advice have always been food for thought to me, your points makes...

All your advice are extremely helpful, it's weird, it is actually eating me alive, I constantly, constantly worried and terrified the least from death! I'm catholic, and should be the least one scared of this, but, don't know, though I like to think there is after life, something else tells me...

Maybe I'm asking the impossible, don't know! Or maybe cause I'm originally from Malta, and people there would be telling me upfront to get a life more abruptly!

Hi friends, Ok, here I am again asking your support. I have a near every day, all day fear of death, either me dying cause of my condition, even though I'm reassured, or my loved ones passing away. This fear is eating me alive, and perhaps the answer could be, go to a doctor or psychiatrist ...

HealthDay News Home | News Archive | News Categories TUESDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Many people born with a heart defect known as bicuspid aortic valve live in fear of sudden death, but a new study finds only a small risk for a life-threatening complication called aortic dissection...

Hi Sarah, I am not too sure of what the peak velocity normal range is for the pulmonary valve, but, for the aortic valve it is around 1.0m/s. if 4.4m/s is on the aortic valve, that means that the valve is severely stenotic (narrowed) . The peak velocity , i think is how long it takes for the...

Hi, Thank you for all your replies so far, much appreciated.

Hi, Thank you so much for your advice. Sorry I haven't thanked yesterday, but for some reason, I couldn't get into the thread.

Hi all, I totally forgot whether I’ve taken my atenolol dosage tonight (25mg), so I taken it and now I’m thinking I might have double dosed!! Don’t know thought, I’ve taken it around 1.5 hrs ago now, Heart Rate is around 117/49 and BP is around 58. So I must have taken only one..... This is...

Hi Fiona, it’s a pleasure. Mild narrowing is the same as stenosis.

Everything looks great to me. You have BAV (2 leaflet aortic valve rather than 3) but rest is all normal. Valve is competent, aorta seems good. No. 6. Means you have a trace tricuspid regurgitation, which basically is nothing, everyone could potentially have trace to mild regurgitation. No...

God be with you today.