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Well here I go again. OHS surgery for AVR scheduled at Univ. of VA 3/31/15. My Medtronics bioprosthesis (pig) aortic valve is calcified after less than 3 years (I was 56 when replaced). I originally was operated on for aortic regurgitation, now its calcified and stenotic. The gradient across the...

Long journey! AV replaced 4/25/12 with pig bioprosthetic valve with mini maze ablation of AFib. Cardiac cath 1 week prior, showed EF 45% and slight reduction in contractility. 1 month b4 surgery EF 55%. Surgery went well. HATED the ventilator (banged the rails), felt mucus deep like I could...

For those of us severe asthmatics be careful on anticoagulants. I had severe bleeding into the rectus abdominus sheath of my abdominal muscles twice 1 and 1/2 years apart during severe asthma flares. I was on high dose steroid therapy that weakens support of blood vessel walls, that coupled...