Recent content by ron

Hello folks, I listened to some info recently and wanted to pass it on. Dr. Raissi gave a webinar a few weeks ago and the topic of Bovine tissue longjevity came up. He stated the following: In a recent study, they interviewed roughly 335 people who had Bovine tissue valves 22 years after the...

Hello Lyn, Yes, I believe you are right. That applies to tissue valves as far as I know.

Hey guys, Well, I am 9 weeks out of surgery and feeling well (just some trouble sleeping). I had my aortic stenosis replaced with an Edwards Bovine and my dilated root replaced with a dacron graft. This was all done 5 days after my 40th birthday. At any rate, I just received a letter from...

Hello Djteako, Thanks for sharing your story. I have some similarities to you. I too was born in 1971. Also, I had aortic stenosis and a BAV. For me, the **** didn't hit the fan until this year around my 40th birthday. I did a routine echocardiogram and it showed severe aortic stenosis at...

Hello Malteser, I just wanted to throw my two cents in off something your said... "My cardiologist told me, as I probably said before that, it takes a very long time for it to expand, and I don't need surgery for some time, he said possibly 10 - 20 years, he also said that there is a...

Hello Themalteser, My root was dilated to 4.5 cm. If it wasn't for my severe aortic stenosis, I probably never would have found out about the dilated root. So I count myself fortunate on that score.

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I posted, but I had my surgery and I am 25 days out. So far, so good! I am walking around 1.5 hours a day. A little trouble sleeping, but besides that, I am pushing through like a champ (knock on wood). As a refresher, I had my ascending aorta replaced...

Welcome Kumar, God will be with you and you will make it through perfectly! Many blessings... Ron

Hey guys, I wanted to give you guys an update of my story, as some of this might affect others in this forum. I spoke with 2 surgeons on Thursday regarding my situation: Severe aortic stenosis (0.8 cm) and an anuerysm on the ascending aorta (4.5 cm). The first surgeon at Cedar Sanai said that...

Thank you Superbob, Both of the surgeons I spoke to saw the CT, Echo, and Right/Left heart Cath results. So they both were sure that there was an anuerysm. It is good to know that it is rare. From my understanding though, if you go high enough up the aorta, you remove the risk of future...

Hello Everyone, I have a question regarding the Bentall. How common is it - after a Bentall procedure is done - to have an anuerysm develop above it? Is there a high or low risk of this? If one does develop, how difficult is the repair job? I have an anuerysm in my ascending aorta. One doctor...

thanks guys. I have heard of some smaller short term effects, but are there any major long term side effects? I know that lots of things are listed as negative effects, but not all of them apply. Or, the pharmacuetical company is trying to cover its ass. I have been reading these beta...

Hello Yotphix, Thanks for this info. That is good to hear. I have never had a problem with blood pressure, and the thought of being on BP medicine for the rest of my life kinda sucks. Looks like I will need an ascending anuerysm and valve replacement.

Hey guys, My blood pressure is 118/75. I saw 2 different surgeons today about my valve/anuerysm surgery that is impending. One surgeon told me that I would have go take Blood pressure medicine until my BP stabilized after surgery. The second surgeon said that I might have to be on them for the...

I have been reading studies similar. All the more reason for me to get in there ASAP before this things progresses any worse. So far though, 3 seperate cardiologists have not said it was a cause for concern.