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Well I am finally getting out of the waiting room into the OR. Tomorrow, after watching my condition since 2013, I will have open heart surgery to place a Carpentier-Edward’s Perimount aortic valve in my heart. I started this process after my yearly echo showed my bicuspid valve had moved to...

Hi Valveittes, Just interviewed my first Surgeon for a bicuspid valve replacement. He spoke to me about joining a trial using an ArtiClip to close off my left appendage to reduce the risk of stroke due to Afib. Have any of you had this done because you had Afib going into surgery? If so what...

Hi all, well I have been in the waiting room for 7 years and the news today is I am in the severe range after my yearly echo. How important is it to move quickly getting more diagnostic testing and set up an appointment with a surgeon. I want to do everything now but the system is slowing me...

After an hour of standing and making my homemade lentil vegetable soup I became dizzy, breathless and hung onto my counter until I could seat myself and put my Apple Watch on to do a ECG. It told me my heart rate was 194 and it could not show an ECG. I was able to get my heart rate down to 96...

Hi, My name is Bee, 72, and I have been in the waiting room for at least 7 years. I have a bicuspid aortic valve with stenosis and an aortic bulge which we monitor every year with ultrasound. I was very fearful in the beginning but recognized I needed information and found this site. Thank you...