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  1. Habana58

    Bovine Aortic Valve Turns 17

    Great!, good luck with next op !!
  2. Habana58

    Invasive procedure perioperative management of INR (extended)

    This other video is very informative about it https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=%20Tranexamic%20Acid%20for%20coagulation&mid=0BA03B421A4FAD34671B0BA03B421A4FAD34671B&ajaxhist=0 Have to see my dentist 2 weeks before the procedure, will ask her about this product, sounds like...
  3. Habana58

    Invasive procedure perioperative management of INR (extended)

    My dentist told me this week have to get a tooth removed soon, Have read all the good work of Pellicile and Chuck on the subject and it seems that for a tooth extraction i will not need to cancel the warfarin for 2 days but just take half doze for 2 or 3 days; My usual doze is 3mg a day ( i...
  4. Habana58

    Endocarditis from a drop of blood?

    Thank you for your posting, i just read the article in Spanish, attached pdf, and in there says to check table 5 for procedures that need the 2g of antibiotics, and is clear that people at high risk of IE like all with foreing objects in their hearts are in the high risk group, so., in spanish...
  5. Habana58

    Croatian New member-severe aortic stenosis?

    Hi, your english is perfect, dont forget it is not a perfect language, so tomato and tometo all the same :) for those born in the english islands of the uk :) ; i guess they will start watching you, maybe tests every 6 months or 12; but when it starts to get "bad" you will feel it, out of...
  6. Habana58

    Roche Coaguchek XS PT INT STRIPS

    you got it, and now you know a little about ripple effects, there is a 100 years old brit saying here, "when uncle sam has a bad cold, the rep of the queen is in ER here...., bonus, !! now you know two things. and as per the costs, yeap, since BB printed another trillion pieces of paper all...
  7. Habana58

    Can you trust your dentist?

    Thank you for your message, will just ask the new dentist if instead of Amoxicillin i can use Dicloxacillin as has less interaction with Warfarin, but when i asked the cardiologist told me to ask the dentist :) , all i got from the gang of doctors in my family is that yes, Diclo..... has less...
  8. Habana58

    On-X low INR target

  9. Habana58

    On-X low INR target

    Actually for me warfarin+aspirin is a no no, besides the 7 doctors in my family, 2 sisters and 5 first cousins, all tell me that, "do not take warfarin and aspirin every day", bleeding happens at many levels, now, i am just a mathematical engineer but those 7 guys spent lots of time reading and...
  10. Habana58

    Can you trust your dentist?

    I dont trust the dentist to answer to your question :) , BUT, my Cardiologist when i asked him he said "ask your dentist" he is the one who knows. But i also think like you that for just poke around it may not be a must will tell you what dentist says i found the cardiologist answer "strange"...
  11. Habana58

    Can you trust your dentist?

    Thank you for your message; yes, any heart implant requires the antibiotics if for example a cleaning, that is all i have done past 9 years; but will ask the dentist before going to my first visit and will post here the answer. It may take a while because the person on the phone will not have...
  12. Habana58

    Can you trust your dentist?

    Always try to have a cleaning every 6 or 8 months and since the AVR always take the 2mg amoxicillin 1 hour before the procedure; dont like antibiotics but in this case the endocarditis concern is a reality; i remember the day i left the hospital my surgeon told me 3 times, "before u go to a...
  13. Habana58

    On-X low INR target

    Just forgot to mention earlier, yes asa does not influence INR level, but it does increase risk of bleeding, that is why i only take it once a week, not looking for controversy, we all have different bodies and they operate in different manners under specific personal conditions.
  14. Habana58

    On-X low INR target

    No daily 81 mg aspirin for me, just once a week, and OnX yes, no doubts is an improvement over St Jude, but that does not make St Jude less, is just an older design, again, my friend has a Ball in Cage for 41 years and the girl still going and going, so what each got was what was available at...
  15. Habana58

    On-X low INR target

    got the OnX in nov-2015 and for about 2 years used the 1.5 -2.0 with 81 mg aspirin, it was stressful for me at the end because as others have said here, sometimes you will be below 1.5; so i ended up testing every 4 days and decided to move to 2 - 3 and NO daily aspirin; i do take 1 aspirin once...
  16. Habana58

    INR range question, 2.0-3.0 vs 2.5-3.5 for mechanical AVR?

    I did the OnX 1.5 -2 for 18 months, but dropped it because anything goes +/- 2.0 and if you are resting on 1.5 that is dangerous "for me", therefore, after reading many medical papers and consulting with the abnormal quantity of doctors in my direct family (12); i settled for 2.0 -3.0 , on ONE...
  17. Habana58

    Complications post-surgery

    Dose adjustment as per Australia guidelines , 2016; assumes INR range of 2 - 3, but applies in general
  18. Habana58

    I am bereft

    Sorry to hear;
  19. Habana58

    5 year ON-X low INR results

    Have OnX since 2015, did the 1.5 - 2 during 18 months, it works just fine with the OnX, now, you have to take daily 81mg ASA with it, I dropped because the 12 doctors in my close family, sister, cousins , uncles, all advised me to STOP the Aspiring together with Warfarin, so i did, and moved to...
  20. Habana58

    3 potential choices

    I have a friend that got a ball-in-cage Aortic Valve 42 years ago, she never had a problem, the noise yes you can hear; St Jude is a very good Valve nothing wrong with it, OnX is an upgrade of the St Jude, " facts not opinion, no polemics please" , OnX is the ONLY mech valve that opens 90...
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