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markp66, If you read the posts you should know the problem is EXTREME pounding, not the typical thumping so many people experience, and not something that improves in the first year. She states that her husband's surgery was nearly 21 months ago.

Janie, I sent an email via your yahoo account. Until later, ~Seth

Pounding and vibration with valved conduits Pounding and vibration with valved conduits Kim, Lyn, Greg and Julian thanks for posting on this thread. Your contributions are what make this forum good. Janie, Thanks for posting about your husband David's condition, it is important to speak up...

Kim, I'm so sorry this didn't work, at least you tried the ablation route to the hilt so you know there's nothing left undone from that angle. I hope if you try medication it offers some relief.

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Hi Jen, I don't know about being worried, but certainly be concerned and follow up on this. The echo is a good idea, it seems odd that your general doctor is ordering it instead of your cardiologist. Make sure your cardiologist checks you over to give his/her opinion about the murmur and the...

Gustaf, I take 500 mg of Magnesium daily for Restless Legs Syndrome. It seems to help with that, I'm not sure if it helps with my pounding-vibration issue or not because I've been taking it ever since the surgery. I know this is not an issue for you because you are not on Warfarin but I was told...

Kim, I really hope this time they are able to solve it and you don't have to try the drug approach. Best wishes, thoughts and prayers to you.

Bina, good point, tomorrow I will have blood drawn for INR testing and I'll let the Coumadin Clinic doctor know I'm taking Hawthorn. Nupur, I do not practice meditation on a regular basis or for a set period. I only do it when I feel anxiety coming on or feel like doing it. The time anxiety is...

It's great you still have some treatment options available, but then the realities of these treatments introduce their own potential problems. This, like everything about your heart, is complicated and difficult. Maybe with some time to consider it, your choice of which treatment to try first...

Thanks everyone. Al, did you read Dr. Sundt's response to the questioning related to the artificial aorta and mechanical resonance? It is probably more a question for Mory Gharib at Cal Tech with his Bioengineering background. Cris, I will continue to pursue answers and will reserve some hope...

Cedars-Sinai involved Cedars-Sinai involved I heard about this on the radio this morning. Here are some links. Cedars-Sinai article: http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/pdf/HEARTStemCell-6-30-09-151122.pdf Clip showing cells beating in a dish...

Sandy, I am 5' 8" and 140 lbs. with a thin frame. So I'm pretty much the same size as your husband. My mechanical valve is 27mm. I had a bicuspid valve and a doctor at Mayo said the annulus of a bicuspid valve is usually larger so they put larger valves in us. 10 other people on VR.com plus...

I made the trip to the Mayo Clinic out of hope and desperation due to my pounding-vibration issue. I was there two days. Day one I had a thorough echocardiogram and met with cardiologist Dr. Hector Michelena. Day two I met with surgeon Dr. Thoralf Sundt. The good news is that tests show my...

Hi everyone, I had a good visit with family in Minnesota over the weekend before driving down to the Mayo Clinic. I want to offer a sincere thanks for all your posts, prayers and encouragement. It would be so lonely and discouraging going through this without all of you who have personal...

Hi all. Tomorrow (Friday July 9) I fly to Minnesota. I will rent a car and visit family over the weekend and then drive down to Rochester on Monday. I have evaluations at the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday & Wednesday. I still have the pounding-vibration problem (as always) and recently have developed...

People have bone heads or empty heads when it comes to this topic. If you had cancer instead you would certainly get a different reaction.

I agree with everyone, get checked out, it could be serious. Do you have any headache pain associated with it? I have not had what you are describing, but after my surgery there were several times when I had instant shooting pain in one eye, like someone stabbed a knife into a nerve in my eye...

We are all getting old Bina, but you're still fast (uhhhh so to speak) :D

What an ordeal, I thought of you often and sent a couple prayers. I hope that the results of this ablation will provide some relief