Which nonmechanical valve did you have implanted and are you using coumadin for afib?

[Mary]

That's my story, too.

And are you sticking with it?

Actually, it's mine also!

 

[johnfreeman62]

Porcine - A fib from about third week to fifth

Porcine - A fib from about third week to fifth

Was told to take more metropolol for the flutter and accelerated heart - have had no probs for a month and half..now three months post surgery

 

[abbanabba]

I've got a bovine (pulmonary), never had a-fib, never needed coumadin. My pre-op arrhythmias seem to have all but disappeared.

 

[Tbone]

In 1977 I had implanted a Hancock Laboratories Xeno graft heart valve. Pulmonary 30mm model 100. I started taking coumadin in 2000 after having a-fib in '98. Since then I have had to be cardioverted 24+ times.

 

[Mary]

In 1977 I had implanted a Hancock Laboratories Xeno graft heart valve. Pulmonary 30mm model 100. I started taking coumadin in 2000 after having a-fib in '98. Since then I have had to be cardioverted 24+ times.

Hi, T Bone.
You've had a tissue valve since 1977? That's amazing!
Where was your replacement performed?
Who was your surgeon?
You have not voted on the poll, just left a post, and I wish you would.