Hi Shanith,
I am from India too and had aortic valve replacement at 32. I went with Mechanical.
Ross is complicated and it is not performed that common in India.
Listen to what pellicle is saying.
If I was in your position, I would choose in this order:
1) Mechanical would be the top...
You are lucky.
I begged my surgeon to replace 3.6 cm aorta along with the valve, but he refused. He mentioned that they are not allowed to do so below 4.2 cm.
You are highlighting negatives of mechanical valve and hiding negatives of tissue. Do you have tissue valve implanted by any chance ?
Both are suitable based on person's age, lifestyle and many other factors.
My Aorta was 2.1 in 2008. I started lifting heavy(at-least for me) weights and it grew to 3.8 in 2013. Stopped lifting weights, it has been stable for now.
I had AVR in 2016, i requested my Surgeon to replace Aorta too which he didn't since size was < 42 mm. If he had done that, i would have...
I am also wondering why you had to stop Warfarin. When it comes to INR machines(had to buy 2 in a year), INR strips and Warfarin, i don't even bother about insurance. All this matter only while i am alive.
I agree with pellicle. I have not seen contents of food affecting my INR much, and it is Indian food full of spices. I test weekly. I now eat whatever i want without thinking about INR. Quantity of food does affect INR though. Less food(20-30%) for few days increases INR a little. I have...
I don't know name for them. Google "yoga asan for back ache baba ramdev". Some of them are shown in videos(i checked the one with 7:23 duration). I had lower back pain.
Chance of anything bad happening in 1 year = .02, chance of anything bad not happening in 1 year is 1 - .02 = .98. Total is always 1.
Let's say we are dealing with n years.
Chance that nothing bad happens during n years + Chance that something bad happens (in 1 or more years) = 1. There is no...