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It’s called “cardiac cirrhosis”. The aortic valve failure can cause right side heart failure which in turn causes increased venous pressures in the liver. I had never heard of it until recently. A gastrointestinal doc diagnosed it because I don’t have anything else that might cause cirrhosis...

Ug. Now they’re telling me the valve issue has caused a liver issue. More tests.

In 2007, my bicuspid ao valve was replaced with a bovine valve. It’s time for a new valve. TAVR seems like the way to go. I’m working with a structural cardiac specialist group. A question is what size valve. My current valve is 25 mm but the new folks are saying the inside dimension is 23...

Has anyone had experience with liver cirrhosis caused by aortic valve disease? My bicuspid valve was replaced with a bovine valve in 2007. For the last year, I’ve been having fluid retention issues and now possible liver disease. I’ve been round and round with pulmonologists, several...

Dr. Beaver at Shands did my valve in 2007. If he’s still there, he was great.

My bovine valve and aortic graft will be 12 years old in July. I'm 69. I ride my road bike 100+ miles a week, walk for an hour 3 days a week and hit the gym after walking. My valve is still performing perfectly. My local cardiologist, not the surgeon, is a fitness buff and encourages my...

We all could drive ourselves crazy second guessing. I have a cow valve that is 12 years old. It works perfectly. I ride a road bike about 4500 miles a year. I'll be 70 on my next birthday. My decision was right for me. There are no promises. I hope this valve lasts the rest of my life but...

AVR July 6, 2007 at age 57. Almost 10 years old and working like a champ.

I have a dacro ascending aorta and a bovine valve. They had a pre-built unit, with a porcine valve already in place, but something about the placement or location of my arteries caused the surgeon to do the graft and valve without using the pre-built thing. Everything works fine and I'm not on...

HR monitors give funky readings when you're not sweating good. I live in South Florida and mine always works good in the summer. When it is a little colder and especially when it's windy, I don't get good readings until I warm up. I'm 5 years out from my AVR. A little over 3 years after...

Wish I could too! I'm riding about 100 to 120 miles a week, but I haven't done anything over 50 miles since BRAG in early June. Have fun!

Heart rate issues are confused by all this. When I was on beta blockers after my AVR and when I began exercising, my cadence, or rpms, on my road bike would sometimes be higher than my HR. That is pretty weird. Even now, more than 4 years after surgery and close to 4 years of being off beta...

They had me on a beta blocker for about 6 months. The cadence on my bike computer was usually higher than my heart rate. It was very weird. If you can get off them eventually, things will return to normal. Although it might be a "new" normal.

My rehab was walking as much as I could up to the 8 week mark and then getting back on my road bike. Within a year, my cycling times were back to what they were. Then I had a big crash and ended up in a wheelchair for 8 weeks; that was about 1.5 years ago and I'm not quite back to where I...

A buddy of mine just had AVR and he was out of the hospital in 3 days-Cleveland Clinic in Weston. I was told 4 years ago that it should be 15 to 20 on a treated bovine valve. Of course, when I had my last echo the tech made some comment about it being a "little small", which I immediately took...

When they did mine, the surgeon had a pre-built one with a pig valve and the dacron aorta part. When he got in there, there was something about the location of my coronary arteries that made him decide to build his own. The report says it will make the re-do easier. So I got a cow valve...

Bdryer, I have a dacron ascending aorta and a bovine valve. They also did a maze procedure because of some afib issues that were very intermittent. There are no restrictions on exercise. Less than 6 months after surgery, I did a metric century, or 65 miles, on my road bike. 11 months after...

Good news! The current echo shows no changes from the previous ones. Every thing is working great. I saw a different cardiologist in the same group this time. He says there are no restrictions on exercise or heart rate or anything like that. He commented that there is no real data on how...

I think the issue is that we are prone to aneurisms in other places, such as the brain. They don't want us putting a lot of strain on our arteries. My favorite exercise is riding a road bike; in a typical year, I ride a little more than 5,000 miles. I'm not fast, but I can maintain a 19-20...

Thank you both. My other post surgery echo reports don't give me the actual size, just all the other info. I don't actually have this report yet. I asked the tech what size it was and he told me 1.7 and commented that the tissue valves seem to have some stenosis right out of the box. I can't...