kcheshire
Member
Hello All -
I am a returning member to this forum. I found you all in 2003 when I was first diagnosed with heart valve disease. I had Atrial, Tricuspid and Mitral leakage and was just waiting for surgery. The drugs Coreg and Altace helped slow the progress down. I am now 52. December 18th 2009 I had a CVA (stroke) caused by a clot breaking off of a 1.3 cm mass in the left atrial appendage. Since that time my Mitral valve has gone South. The surgeon is going in to take out the mass and will replace the Atrial and Mitral valves with mechanical ones on March 29th. I go Friday for an Angiogram. I've known this was coming but had a hard time getting my head around it. I'm calling to find out what type of mechanical valves the doc wants to put in. I've heard good things about the On-X valve. Dr. Craig Selzman at the University of Utah Hospital is my surgeon. Good to have you all here to bounce ideas off of again. Thanks!
I am a returning member to this forum. I found you all in 2003 when I was first diagnosed with heart valve disease. I had Atrial, Tricuspid and Mitral leakage and was just waiting for surgery. The drugs Coreg and Altace helped slow the progress down. I am now 52. December 18th 2009 I had a CVA (stroke) caused by a clot breaking off of a 1.3 cm mass in the left atrial appendage. Since that time my Mitral valve has gone South. The surgeon is going in to take out the mass and will replace the Atrial and Mitral valves with mechanical ones on March 29th. I go Friday for an Angiogram. I've known this was coming but had a hard time getting my head around it. I'm calling to find out what type of mechanical valves the doc wants to put in. I've heard good things about the On-X valve. Dr. Craig Selzman at the University of Utah Hospital is my surgeon. Good to have you all here to bounce ideas off of again. Thanks!
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