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Well I knew for as long as I can remember.... doctor picked up a murmur when I was around 3 or 4 I believe. I've always known and was asymptomatic all the way through to 52....no symptoms whatsoever....had yearly check ups all my life and it never changed until 3 years ago when it narrowed...

Yep. I had it and to be honest, I still don't think I'm back to where I was before the op. Much better now, 3 years on, but had it quite bad for the first 6 months to a year after the op. Kind of a foggy brain.

I think he's making up loads of stuff. Simple as that.

Brilliant. Best wishes on your recovery.

That's great to hear. I'm a relative newbie at 2.5 years with the Edwards Magna-Ease. What type of tissue valve did you receive?

Nope, just 75mg Aspirin. Yeah, when I started getting the skipped beats I downloaded the Fibricheck app and kind of fell into a hole that I'd been conscious of trying to avoid.....I avoid a lot of those watches that provide lots of info cos I know If fall into that bracket of people who over...

Believe it or not, I decided one day to just quit the supplements altogether cos I really didn't feel they were helping and I actually started to wonder if they were making it worse.... I stopped the Magnesium supplements, stopped the Co-enzyme Q10, deleted the apps that I was using incessantly...

Yeah, mine was ca. 100 bpm post op in the hospital but it dropped back to the 60's as my recovery progressed.

Yep, they do in Ireland anyway. I had to get a letter from dentist before my AVR a couple of years ago. If I get my teeth cleaned by dental hygienist or anything else that might involve bacteria getting into the bloodstream, I have to take prophylactic.

Yup, thats certainly me.....when I focus on them they go nuts (or at least I feel like I've tons of them and that propogates more of them).

Yep. I stopped the Citrate after about a couple of weeks for exactly that reason (plus it didn't seem to help anyway). In terms of when mine occur, yeah, it is interesting and I used a Holter for 24 hours about 2 years ago (maybe 2 months post op) as I was experiencing exactly the same thing...

I've tried Magnesium Citrate, Magnesium Taurate and Coenzyme Q10 but none of them worked. I've used Magnesium Glycinate for 1 day and no impact yet but I'll stick with it for a week at least. Not sure if I really expect any of these supplements to work if it's not some kind of deficiency causing...

I'm 2 years post AVR and the damn things (PVC's) seem to kick off every evening for me no matter what I do since early Dec. Prior to this, they might raise their ugly head for a few days every few months but this bout are persistent. They are a right PITA for sure. I've tried the Magnesium...

I have tried Magnesium Taurate and I'm not sure if it does or doesn't help mine. I might try the Glycinate.

I had AVR a couple of years ago and go through phases with the damn things too. They may appear and stay around for weeks and then disappear for a while again. They are definitely worse in the evening and at night for me. I had them a few weeks after the op and I was given a Holter for 24 hrs...

Mightn't be as long as you think to be honest. I was allowed back cycling after 3 months but could probably have started back earlier from a heart point of view. My surgeon said the risk is more to do with the vibrations coming through the handlebars to the still healing bone in the sternum and...

Didn't help me either. I don't think it made it worse, just didn't do anything.

Kinda wondering the same myself. My op was almost 2 years ago and the scar has healed amazingly well except for about 1 and a half inches at the bottom. It's not the end of the world or anything but it's kinda raised and pink. Feels like 4 little bumps when I run my finger over it. I tried Bio...

I must say, I never really had any particular bad feeling towards my bicuspid aortic valve. I knew I'd need surgery at some stage for about 25 years and I was originally told it could be within 5 years or so but it held out for another 25 years and I was still asymptomatic going for the...

1. 52 2. Just over 1 year. 3. N/A. 4. 75mg Aspirin daily. Warfarin for the first 3 months post op but taken off it after 3 months. 5. No complications. 6. Very good. I was asymptomatic prior to surgery and I was back to pre surgery levels after about 9 months I'd say. Horse riding nd cycling as...