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I recently moved to a new state and asked my new cardiologist to continue my prescribed dose of warfarin (two years following aortic valve replacement which I chronicled here). They responded that I have to use their Coumadin clinic in order to get a prescription. I already have a coaguchek and...

Y’all have me paranoid about infection. I’m just shy of 3 months. I have had a “pimple” directly adjacent to and for the most part touching my scar pretty much the whole time. Looks and feels exactly like a regular pimple. There’s no drainage or anything like that. Not sure if I’m being...

I’m 4 weeks post AVR and ascending graft. I had my first echo yesterday and it revealed a mean transvalvular gradient of 24 (peak 40). An improvement over my presurgical values of 51 (peak 77) but still high as far as I can tell. Valve area is 1.6 which seems ok. Should I be concerned? As...

I think (hope) I’m getting discharged tomorrow. I see the sticky thread about questions to ask your surgeon before surgery but don’t see one for after surgery. Since I’ll be one of the many traveling home from CC and may not have the opportunity to get answers to some of these questions with my...

I'm getting a little ahead of myself since my surgery date isn't here yet. But I'm curious about a few dental related questions and looking for suggestions. How soon after surgery is it wise to get (non-emergency) dental work done? Prior to needing OHS I had considered dental implants for a...

Hi everybody, I’ve been lurking all week. Been following my BAV for ten years and my time for surgery has come. I’m showing high gradients across my AV and my ascending aorta is 5.1 cm. I met with a surgeon at Johns Hopkins and he recommended a Bentall. Full disclosure - I’m on the faculty at...