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Attached file represents my heartbeat when heard through a stethoscope. I used a digital recorder--small microphone plugged into the recorder, mic tip placed in one ear tip of the scope.
Represents severe eccentric aorta regurgitation. I have a homograph AV that's 12.5 years old, started feeling tired in June 2024. I'm familiar with severe tiredness associated with the time to replace a valve, this felt like maybe 30% of that so made an apt with the heart Doc. Bloodwork came back stellar, echo showed the same results as previous tests--mild regurgitation only. This past Dec 2024, I'm now really feeling tired and having chest pressure and left side pain similar to pericarditis. Slight left side numbness--face, neck, and arm. ED visit late Dec and yet another echo reading stated the same as previous looks, mild regurgitation. Respectfully admit I'm not a Doc but I have had 2 open heart surgeries already, know when something sinister is happening so I strongly suggested a TEE; results came back as now a severe eccentric AV regurgitation with, now, calcium build and aorta calcium.
Many people in the midwest heart hospital I was at had never heard this kind of murmur. Anyone here in the group ever have this murmur? As to my question on why multiple echos didn't catch the defect, the hospital stated that a normal regurgitation flows a straight in/out of the AV, my flow was eccentric aka shooting off sideways and down the walls of the valve and heart. The staff reading the results weren't looking in the direction of my leak. Echo and TEE were completed 6 hours apart.
Currently scheduled for 3rd surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Lars Svensson did the last surgery and what a place CC is. I think they fully understand the pre and post op times are 50% of a successful surgery.
Represents severe eccentric aorta regurgitation. I have a homograph AV that's 12.5 years old, started feeling tired in June 2024. I'm familiar with severe tiredness associated with the time to replace a valve, this felt like maybe 30% of that so made an apt with the heart Doc. Bloodwork came back stellar, echo showed the same results as previous tests--mild regurgitation only. This past Dec 2024, I'm now really feeling tired and having chest pressure and left side pain similar to pericarditis. Slight left side numbness--face, neck, and arm. ED visit late Dec and yet another echo reading stated the same as previous looks, mild regurgitation. Respectfully admit I'm not a Doc but I have had 2 open heart surgeries already, know when something sinister is happening so I strongly suggested a TEE; results came back as now a severe eccentric AV regurgitation with, now, calcium build and aorta calcium.
Many people in the midwest heart hospital I was at had never heard this kind of murmur. Anyone here in the group ever have this murmur? As to my question on why multiple echos didn't catch the defect, the hospital stated that a normal regurgitation flows a straight in/out of the AV, my flow was eccentric aka shooting off sideways and down the walls of the valve and heart. The staff reading the results weren't looking in the direction of my leak. Echo and TEE were completed 6 hours apart.
Currently scheduled for 3rd surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Lars Svensson did the last surgery and what a place CC is. I think they fully understand the pre and post op times are 50% of a successful surgery.
