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I know a few of us members have been following new treatments. Good phase 2 news on Lp(a) treatment. On a side note, you gotta love the name of the trial. KRAKEN...

Interesting article. I experienced a bit of “pump head” after both of my OHS. Slowly gets better. Have any of you experienced something similar...

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/blood-test-game-changer-faster-diagnosis-treatment-lvo-2024a1000asr?ecd=wnl_sci_tech_240612_MSCPEDIT_etid6586357&uac=459029HG&impID=6586357 This sounds interesting. I was aware of D-Dimer but not the biomarker GFAP

Hit my one year anniversary today. Sitting here watching baseball, having a glass of wine and counting my blessings. I think I’ve been overly obnoxious today thanking my wife and primary care taker 😂. As an adult I have never felt more physically capable than I have the last three months. All...

So today I woke up and decided to hit my self assigned recovery goal. I had a goal to climb a mountain near where I live before my one year anniversary. Eleven miles total and a climb to 2100 feet. It was a beautiful day, water flowing and flowers blooming. My heart rate rarely hit above 130...

Besides the obvious fact that if you are reading this as a patient who survived an ATAA, there is another silver lining. Enjoy. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ascending-thoracic-aortic-aneurysms-silver-lining-2024a1000029?ecd=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_240104_etid6219891&uac=459029HG&impID=6219891

I am six months out since AS and BAV surgical replacement with an Inspiris Reselia bovine tissue valve and wanted to provide a short update. This was my second OHS, the first surgery being a valve sparing aortic aneurysm repair twenty years ago. I have to say that the recovery was much...

I feel like lightening it up a bit today. What were some of the funny questions friends or family asked post surgery? I will start: 1. Do you need to be on anti rejection meds? 2. Do you have to follow a special diet? 3. Will you trigger alarms going through airport security? 4. And my...

Hello all, I will be 63 yo this year and I had a valve sparing ascending aortic aneurysm repair almost 20 years ago (2 months shy). I am scheduled for open heart surgery on May 26 for aortic valve replacement due to severe aortic stenosis, and yes, I do have a bicuspid aortic valve. I am...

I have recently included my family members in the latest discussion about my current aortic stenosis. After 19.5 years since having valve sparing aortic aneurysm repair, sometime in my future I will be having surgery again and most likely OHS. It's interesting how today's newest information...

Hello all! Im a 62 yo male and back in 2003 I had an ascending aortic aneurysm surgically repaired together with a valve sparing repair of a bicuspid aortic valve. The BAV has lasted over 19 years but I'm closing in on the need for a aortic valve replacement due to aortic stenosis. I am happy...