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Thank you so much for your response, so glad to hear you had so much time with your repair and things are going well now post-replacement. I would say that I'm certainly not "expecting" 20-years out of the repair, but given I am 26 now, I will still be "young" when/if they have to do a second...

Thank you for all this information, it's very helpful. I think my thinking and my surgeons thinking is, since I have no calcification and the Type-0 valve type, it should last longer than 5-10 years. Although he did say it's a possibility of a sub-5 year failure. At which point even with a...

I did see that the 5.5 is the indication for surgery- 10-years ago. My surgeon is an "aortic specialist" and the current thinking according to him recent AHA/ACC guidelines support surgical intervention when the size reaches 5.0cm or if it grows more than .5cm/12 months. If the aneurysm is...

Thank you so much for all this information! Very helpful. Yes, I was initially confused with his comment on mechanical not necessarily lasting a lifetime either. He also touched on IF the mechanical valve failed, it would be harder to replace due to the scar tissue adhesion of the valve after...

Hi all, I am a 26-year old male who had a known history of BAV (known since 2020). Currently asymptomatic with mild to moderate regurgitation. New cardiologist did a Chest CTA and found my aortic root is dilated ‘up to 5cm’ and referred me to CT surgery. After meeting with my cardiothoracic...