dell3865
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Never any problems; 40+-year vegetarian and runner. Heart caths showed thoroughly clean coronary arteries. Brother and I both had 2-leaflet aortic valves which didn't bother us until our early 70's, much the same as others with 3-leaflet valve calcification. As long ago as I can remember, I had a murmur from the valve but not until nearly 73 YO, became severely short of breath. That's when the aneurysm was discovered. I am a family medicine physician and, like many other physicians, I never paid too much attention to caring for my health. As I said, I am vegetarian, was a runner for many years and had overall good family history, including longevity.
- Location
- (Town of) Central, South Carolina.
- Surgery
- Aortic valve replacement and 4 cm. ascending aortic aneurysm resection with mesh graft replacement.
- Medications
- Valsartan 320 mg.q.d. I still have a bag full of meds given to me postop that I quit taking after a month.
- Occupation
- I am a family medicine physician now with soft job as medical director of large medical spa where RN esthetician is certified to do invasive procedures and laser treatments. I do physical exams (DOT, school, pre-placement, etc.) several times a week
- Referral
- I went on the internet and posed this question: "Why have I not recovered 7 months after open-heart surgery?" This website came up and, of all the others, it seemed closer to helping me find an answer.