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I am a competative powerlifter. I had my valve replaced with an Edwards bovine valve in 2005. I lift HEAVY 4x per week for the last 20 years. Last echo my EF was 70 with only minimal calcification. Take from it what you wish.

Yes numbers can be skewed. Is that for all numbers or just the ones you disagree with?

Dr. Patrick McCarthy, executive director of the Bluhm cardiovascular institute at Northwestern medicine in Chicago states: "The risk of stroke in patients with a mechanical valve is 3% per year."

"Tribal" lol. I bet the Native American community with have an issue with that racist comment.

If it's complicated then quit telling people the valve will wear out prematurely in younger or active people. And it has nothing to do with luck and everything to do with my lifestyle.

Hi Jeff, I would like to correct some mis-information you have been getting here on this forum. The truth of the matter is the more active you are the LONGER your valve will last. Athletes have a slower resting heart rate which translates into longer valve life. I am an active powerlifter with a...

Hi Sandra. You already told these people in no uncertain terms that 1. You don't want to take blood thinners and 2. You do not want to deal with the ticking sound. That is where the conversation of getting a mechanical valve should have stopped. But from past experience with this site they will...

Hi Toffee, Your not going to get any positive reinforcement here. I wish I found your post sooner. I could have saved you a lot of greif. Aortic valve replaced with a bovine tissue valve in 2005. I have a 70% ejection fraction with only minimal calcification. In addition to your swimming I would...

All heart patients need to watch this video with Mark Rippetoe and Dr. Abeel A. Mangi. Dr Mengi's credentials follow: Abeel A. Mangi, M.D., was appointed surgical director in March of the Center for Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation at Yale-New...

I hear a lot of good things about Dr. Raymond Singer at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery East Norrinton Pa. Good luck.

Hi Manuel Not much of a runner however I do treadmill work with no problems. My expertise is in powerlifting. I had my aortic valve replaced with an Edwards tissue valve 18 years ago. My last echo showed only minor calcification and my EF was 65. I am currently the Pennsylvania state bench press...

One Dr. told me not to lift more than "25 lbs." Another told me "high reps low weight." Yet another told me "no limitations." So the only conclusion I could make from all this is that the medical community has no idea what the hell they are talking about. So I just said "screw them" and now I am...

OK. "Be careful what you "rather" for." Better?

Be careful what you wish for.

Pellicle is a man? I could have sworn he was a woman. He ******* and complains like one. Go figure.

I know what you mean about doctors lying about the longevity of tissue valves. Mine told me my Edwards bovine valve would last 15 years. Here it is going on 17 years and now they say they wouldn't be suprised If got 30 years out of it. *******s.

I didn' hear you denying any of it so I will take that as a "No apology necessary"

So in other words Pellicle you are a freedom hating, dope smoking, gun grabbing, baby killing, liberal leftist atheist. Am I reading you right or do I owe you an apology?

"52 is an age were I think that if you aren't active and sporting then a tissue isn't a bad choice." The insinuation is here that if you are active and sporting your heart rate increases and your valve will wear out faster. Actually the opposite is true. Exercise strengthens the heart and...