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So grandpa had his angiogram today. The heart doc came out and said that it was much better than he thought, based off the echocardiogram. He said that based on the echocardiogram it was "55" but the angiogram it is really "10". Not too sure what the measurements mean, but basically he doesn't...

After doing a bit more looking, it appears that this particular device isn't being tested in the US just as Lynlw mentioned. So I am confused (lol not a surprise) as to why that was specifically mentioned. Regardless, we see the heart doc Tuesday, and Grandpa will receive the 2 stents in his...

First, thank you so much for the replies! Correcting the valve via a procedure similar to putting in stents sounds much better to me than open heart surgery. For the most part, other than going into renal failure, he has always tolerated the stent procedure ok. I do have Medicare POA, and...

I'm a newbie here, and I hope its ok I am posting here when its not about myself, and I apologize this may be long. I take care of my grandparents, and we recently found out, like a few days ago, that my grandpa has severe aortic stenosis. He was hospitalized for having a low BP and heart...