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And thanks to everyone for your advice and support. I am following up on all this this week and feel much more confident and aware of my options. UWMike, saw your post elsewhere and can relate to your apprehension about being at the start of one's adult life and facing OHS/valve replacement...

Lyn, Excellent suggestion about the Adults w/ Congenital Heart Defects. I am following up with the Adult Cardiac Congenital Clinic here in Toronto this week. This never occurred to me. They will be an excellent source for a second opinion and possibly a new cardiologist. Thanks so much. Bruce

Thanks for both those replies. I am definitely leaning towards finding a new cardiologist. Part of my difficulty is I have spent decades under a false assumption that I was pretty much out of the woods. If I had known earlier about the high incidence of aneurysms with people with BAV I might...

I had my last OHS almost 25 years ago. The check-ups were pretty light over the years, and only about 4 years ago became annual. Apart from watching my INR it felt like real smooth sailing. However, in April at my GP I had High BP and High cholesterol detected for first time. And later, at the...