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Hi all! For context: I've had an ON-X mech aortic valve since June 2018. I'm on Warfarin and test at home, in addition to being under the care of the anti-coagulation clinic at the hospital where my operation was performed. My INR has been tough to get in check at the best of times. My usual...

I’m sitting here watching the rain pour down out the window at very nearly six weeks exactly since my valve replacement surgery where I had my bicuspid and severely regurgitating (I always preferred ‘incompetent’) aortic valve replaced with a mechanical bi-leaflet valve. Since I don’t believe I...

Hi everyone, hope you're all very well. I'm two weeks post op now and at home with my pets and family, everything generally good or getting better and it's largely a positive experience. Something that is worrying me right now is the fairly frequent occurrence of heavy, painful thudding heart...

Hello all, Just got my surgery date which is set to be this coming Monday. I'm frankly a bit shocked by the short notice, but looks like the show is on the road. As I'm on the NHS I guess there's a chance it will still be bumped for a more urgent case. I'll try to keep in touch as things...

Hi all! I've been given the go ahead for surgery recently and am now beginning to submerge myself in the whole mechanical vs bio question. To complicate matters I have been given conflicting opinions by my surgeon and cardiologist. My cardiologist was very firm on a tissue valve - insisting...

Hello everyone, I've been watching the forums here and reading with interest. Thanks all for your participation. I'm a 31 year old man, diagnosed with BAV 1.5 years ago. At the time I had an echo which came back with mild/moderate regurgitation and I was essentially cleared to live life as...