How long have you had your...

[Guest]

...heart valve and/or pacemaker?


Just curious....

Statistics for my current installations:
Pacemaker = almost 4 years (installed in January 2003)
Pig's Valve = almost 4 years (installed January 2003)

Statistics for my previous installations:
Pig's Valve ... almost 16 years (installed March 1987, replaced January 2003)
Pig's Valve ... almost 9.5 years (installed November 1977, replaced March 1987)


So, how about you?



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[geebee]

First mechanical implanted in 1980, replaced in 1994
Second mechanical now in for almost 13 years.

No pacemaker.

 

[kodi]

Aortic Tissue valve 9 weeks and 3 days.

 

[Magic8Ball]

So, how about you?

Not entirely sure why i'm posting this but St Jude one piece Aortic valve and ascending aorta for 3 weeks

Man it never amazes me when people go through this more than once, sounds like you like the taste of hospital food

Hope you get 16 out of the latest one....

 

[sue943]

Two ATS mechanical valves 30th June 2005 so almost eighteen months.

 

[OldManEmu]

How Long

How Long

I have had my Mosaic tissue valve for 2 years 1 month.

Cort, I can't get over that as a young guy you got 16 years out of a 1987 technology pigs valve, I am looking for 12 years and I am in my forties anything more I am considering a bonus.

 

[kerri73]

My valve turns 9 tomorrow, actually. (1997)

I've had a pacemaker that long as well... well, it was implanted a few days later... I had it replaced in 2004, so I'm on my 2nd device.

Time flies!

Kerri

 

[Nancy]

Joe's aortic Bjork Shiley mechanical 29 years
Pacemaker implanted 2000
Mitral St. Jude, 2001

 

[Karlynn]

St. Jude Mitral - 15 years

 

[terryj]

My husband got his ATS mechanical aortic valve 9/11/01.
So 5 years and 3 months today.

 

[EVELYN]

Tyce got his St. Jude's AV on 6/26/02.....4 years and almost 6 months.....wow!!!

Ev

 

[csutherland]

Jerry's St Jude's AV done Feb 2002.

 

[Lynlw]

Justin's origonal conduit didn't have a pulm valve and was done in a "new" way in 88 when he was 18 months old, in hopes it would grow with him and not need replaced often thru childhood. it lasted 16 years.

his current conduit is dacron w/ a bovine valve and is 20 months old

he had a pacemaker that lasted about 6 years and started malfunctioning so had to be removed, he has been pacer free for 21/2 years and doning well (knock on wood)

 

[LUVMyBirman]

Medtronic Hall Mitral. Coming up on 8 years!

 

[Christina]

St. Jude's Rocks.

St. Jude's Rocks.

My St. Jude's mechanical valve was implanted 6 years and almost 4 months ago. Boy, these past few years just flew by. But I am doing good.

 

[Mb]

My husbands' aortic and mitral St. Jude valves were implanted in October 2001.

Marybeth

 

[Kathleen]

My twin St Judes aortic and mitral valves are 21 1/2 years old. Had a pacemaker for a year which had to come out to make room for the ICD. The first pacemaker was 2 years ago the defib is one.
Kathleen

 

[Old clicker]

I've had my mechanical aortic since Feb 2004

 

[twinmaker]

St. Jude mechanical mitral valve-implanted August, 1981 (25 years old)

Guidant Pacemaker-implanted 2001, explanted 2004

Medtronic Defibrillator/Pacemaker-implanted 2004, explanted 2005 because of recall

Medronic Defibrillator/Pacemaker-implanted 2005

LINDA

 

[temp69]

Aortic On-X for a whopping five and half months.