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I have been in touch with the University Hospital in Sweden that are doing the trials with the new generation mechanical valves(ref. to previous posts). A second valve has been implanted and the two patients are doing fine some 3 months post-op. 3 more valves are due for further human...

On the 23rd of october a new mechanical valve designed and researched at the "Karolinska" University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, was implanted in the first human receiver. This was the first out of 5 planned human replacals. The mechanical valve is said to have a new design which do not...

Yesterday I made a double-test, meaning first with the new Coaguchek XS, result was 2.6. Then like a minute after with my old Coaguchek S, result was 2.7. So my conclusion is both of them are as about accurate as they can be. A 0.1 fluctuation would surely have come if I tried same machine in...

Yesterday I got my new Coaguchek XS! It´s amazingly small and much, much more convinient then the Coaguchek S. As I do travel a lot, the XS will be so much smoother to keep in my briefcase. I haven´t tried it yet as I am still haven´t got any cuvettes for it. But as earlier posts mentioned the...

The French FDA have asked AstraZeneca for more information pending their decision whether to approve "Exanta" for a-fib. "Exanta" is already approved in France and many other European countries as bridge therapy following hip-transplants and similar surgeries. If "Exanta" will win further...

How long have you stayed on the same dose? Who is the vr.com record-holder? I guess we have some members that have used coumadine/warfarin for many, many years and I was curious if someone has managed to keep the same dosage for year after year? I guess when you grow older you start to...

At the annual Swedish cardiology-conference in May, it was mentioned that AstraZeneca will now seek approval for further/extended use of their drug "Exanta". It was not mentioned for which use, so far it has been approved* for hip-tranplants and similar. Use for mechanical heart valves are not...

Just want to add a post of how good you can feel after endocardities, MV, Pacemaker, Beta-blockers, warfarin etc! My valve will be celebrating it´s one year birthday 18/3 and I´m really amazed and very grateful that one can be feeling so well after going through it all. If I was asked how a...