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While it took three attempts; I finally had a successful TOE/TEE scan done yesterday. My aortic regurgitation is actually moderate to severe rather than severe. As a result I’ve gone from surgery by June-24 to maybe monitoring every 6 months. I’ve an angiogram scheduled in two weeks which will...

Anyone else had this experience? Had a TOE/TEE in January fail as I couldn’t tolerate it with mild sedation. Second attempt today with anaesthetist in the room and it still failed. I’ve no memory of today’s experience and didn’t even consider it might fail. So frustrated. I was asked if a...

Today's annual echocardiogram did not result in the usual - all good, see you in a year! My (35m) bicuspid aortic valve was found around 15 years ago by chance when I was experiencing palpitations likely caused by stress at work. I've always been asymptomatic, never given advice or had any...