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I wish you the Best of Luck and hope your recovery is as speedy and comfortable as possible.

I'll answer for hubby. 1) Bbuck 2) 47 3) Edwards bovine pericardial tissue (with dacron tube ascending aorta)

Soundsa like you have all the bases covered. Best of luck tomorrow.

Good luck! Looking forward to hearing all is well.

I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery.:thumbup:

No, we did not end up at the same hospital he had his AVR at. Because he was transported by ambulance we had two choices...a hospital 60 miles away...

Best of luck as you head in. My last bit of advice is to make sure that you leave plenty of time when you order your meals, since it takes a long...

Hi, pgammo. Just remember that people who are chatting on this forum are not cardiologists nor are they cardiac surgeons. They are people like you...

Tom: I appreciate your comment, but still believe that weekly testing is the appropriate way to manage warfarin therapy. I don't believe that a...

Hmmm. I was probably one of the more eager beavers as far as getting back into the exercise routine was concerned. My concern for you is the impact...

This is extremely alarming. I have my AVR on Friday and I may, too, be in a similar situation.

Jeez. I wonder if that type of discrepancy ever happens regarding mitral and aortic regurgitation? Have you had those kind of discrepancies with...

Thank you, all. I know I will tell the physician about my condition so the twins (and my older Son) can be thoroughly checked. My only hesitation is...

New here so have lot's of reading to catch up on. I hear you Heather and it's for the same reasons I chose the porcine valve. I've never regretted...

1) mohel2/paul 2) 65 (59 at surgery) 3) porcine

Hi Kristen. I am a new member here and have been through what are going through tomorrow. Best of luck to you and I can only encourage you to think...

I get a lot of very inconsistent and nonsensical echo results from year to year. If you believe them, then my right ventricle went from 1.2 cm to...

Forget hand sanitizer..... use good old soap and water. I think we use way too much of that 'stuff' and are much better off with frequent hand...

Hey Protimenow, I don't know jack, since I've only been at warfarin therapy for 8 weeks. However, per Dick's comment "I think you do some diservice...

I have BAV and started getting migraine auras sometimes with headaches sometimes without at around age 20. After my surgery in January I started...

Excellent post Electlive.....just excellent. Thank you for tbe time, thought, and consideration put into it, and best wishes to your health (which...

I am 53 and had an AVR last February with sternotomy. I was told I could drive at 3 weeks Post-Op, 2 weeks home. In my experience six weeks is out...

Good luck for tomorrow!! Will be thinking of you :) Love Sarah xx

Two excellent questions, Roxx. I wish I had definitive answers, but as much I hate to admit it, there is a surprising lack of universal truth to...

I'd check with the surgeon's office before I started taking anything new this close to surgery and if you need to take anything for pain, I would...

I made the same decision you did to go ahead and do the surgery asap even though I could have waited months to years potentially. I went with the...