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I appreciate you linking to this study, however the full paper is unavailable. It's not the best abstract so I'd be wary of making any inferences from it. It doesn't even state if it's a single-centre/ multi centre trial. Is this a single-centre retrospective study? It's also 24 years old given...

Thanks for sending all these through. I'd come across most already fortunately. A decade or two without anticoagulation is more important to me as a woman than it would be to most patients my age. I feel I would be accepting of switching to mechanical valves down the line were I to have issues...

So the time has come for surgery and I'm thinking about options and doing all the research I can to make the most informed and best suited decision for myself and my future. I've searched literature and previous posts to try and understand more about the Ross procedure and the experiences of...

Had an exercise/ treadmill test today, was wondering if anyone else had had one of these on their valve journey prior to surgery? And if so what results/ symptoms did you get during the test? My blood pressure falls at peak exercise (I think below/ towards my baseline) which probably explains...

I'm sorry you're having such a hard time with things. Have you ever had health issues before that you've had to deal with? You'll only set yourself up for a life of fear and worry if you let your mind think that way. I can tell it doesn't feel like it to you at the moment, but we're actually...

I can't tell if this is a joke or you're being serious ;)

Watch this space! I mean they must have some true confidence in it in my opinion. It's being offered to healthcare workers, pretty much all those in ITUs. You don't just risk the health hard to replace staff on a whim or if it's not overall deemed to be worth it. Otherwise no one wins...

I actually decided to take the plunge and got the vaccine a few days ago now when it was offered to me. I'm fascinated by mRNAs, did a dissertation on them once upon a time. We'll see how this new technology holds up! But feeling fine for now... Had a very sore arm for about 36 hours, a...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6365433/ There's just one review for you. The section comparing warfarin to NOACs/DOACs is interesting. Like you said, good INR control and maintaining that homeostasis between clot and bleed seems key. Pros and cons to everything.

I'd heard of this before, my understanding was at high INR it can increase the likelihood of microbleeds in the brain, like how boxers can get microbleeds from repeated head trauma. They are then at higher risk of dementia from the accumulated damage. Would make sense to happen at low INR too...

When you say you felt 'wrong' what do you mean exactly? I don't feel quite right r.e. energy levels and my partner says I sleep more than I used to. I don't have severe noticeable symptoms, but do seem to get more breathless than people I know on stairs at pace, have to slow down. I am on...

Good to hear you went to get re-checked. Best of luck with ablation take 2, hope brighter days are ahead and more energy is in store for you. In this context I imagine PVCs would mean premature ventricular contractions and what you're describing sounds like you could have bigeminy. The beta...

Interesting to know. I'm definitely supposed to have echos more than I have been, timely care within the NHS has proved a challenge. I don't doubt my AS is probably severe by now. Can I ask if you have aortic regurgitation also @Cactus52 ? I have read in the literature the moderate mixed valve...

Thanks for your advice everyone. The NHS admin had automatically scheduled my echo for my annual March visit and not rescheduled my missed one this year it turns out. You were spot on with the second part. I'm supposed to be on annual echos, but when I turned up in 2019, they hadn't booked...

First off, I hope everyone is doing as well as they can be during this time and staying healthy. Unfortunately and also understandably, my March echo was cancelled due to covid. I have just been sent an appointment for a new one for March 2021.... This means that it will be nearly 3 years from...

Watched Contagion last week, great film! I completely agree and know that, just having a childish moan, my life has turned around in almost all ways. I do believe I may have picked it up already at work, I was gasping for breath after one flight of stairs 2/3 weeks ago, chest pain, cough, red...

Sorry to hear you've been so unwell with an arrhythmia. I'm glad you seem out of the woods now and all the best for a full recovery. Take care.

Anyone else on here been told by their doctor/ government that they are high risk? I received a letter earlier this week from the NHS telling me I am high risk and need to self-isolate for 12 weeks. I should also not be working frontline with patients anymore! Not the best thing to hear at 26...

Since of smell is fine, experienced a dry cough however, headache for a day and an unusual episode of conjunctivitis that disappeared after two days as quickly as it appeared. Hopefully there's an antibody test soon. But haven't felt unwell to be honest, but I usually continue with life when...

Can point you in the direction of some good online starter resources if you need them. Good luck! I've also been learning guitar, whole new style of it though with classical, getting to grips with reading music bit by bit. Have also done the biggest spring clean of my life and worked on the...