ATS valves noise

[CANI33]

Hello to everyone one more time. I have a sinthomatic severe aortic stenosis and my surgery is not long. Im choosing the valve and I prefere a mechanical one thinking in the durability (Im 33). I said to my surgerion that a noisy heart valve may interfere with my normal life, so he suggest me the ATS valve because is quieter than others... What yours experience?:confused
Excuseme for my bad english

 

[lb151]

Hello and welcome,,,I have a St.Jude mechanical valve . I can only hear it when I bend a certain way in an extremely quiet room. Just wanted you to know that it is also very quiet.

 

[Eva]

Hello to everyone one more time. .......a noisy heart valve may interfere with my normal life, so he suggest me the ATS valve because is quieter than others... What yours experience?:confused

I do not know anything about ATS. I have two St. Jude valves. I do not hear any noise. At night, I hear a faint noise if I am on my left side which disappears when I straighten my neck.

Before the surgery, I was so scared that the ticking may turn me crazy. But it is not the case at all when I hear it. Believe it or not, i enjoy it...or better say, I do not mind itl

 

[ALCapshaw2]

Have you reviewed the Technological Advancements offered by the On-X Valve (see www.onxvalves.com)?

1- harder and smoother surfaces due to patented improvements to the Pyrolytic Carbon (reduces potential for Clot formation)

2- Leaflets open a full 90 degrees (vs. 75 to 85 degrees for older designs) resulting in Low or NO Turbulence (reduces potential for clot formation and improved hemodynamics)

3 - improved Pivot Design - reduces damage to Red Blood Cells (Hemolysis)

4 - Barrier to retard or prevent Pannus Tissue Growth
(only valve with this feature)

5- reported to have Low Contact Noise (two contact points)

Did you know that ALL of the currently popular mechanical Valves (in USA) were designed in large part by Jack Bokros, Ph.D. (and his associates), who developed Pyrolytic Carbon in 1963 for an application in Nuclear Power systems but realized it's benefit in blood-contact applications and has been designing Heart Valves ever since?

Jack Bokros worked with St. Jude to develop the Pyrolytic Carbon Bi-Leaflet Valve in 1976. He founded Carbomedics in 1979, holds the patents on Carbomedics and ATS Valves (1985).

Jack Bokros founded Medical Carbon Research Institute in 1994 which produced the On-X Valves beginning in 1996.

Approximately 70,000 On-X Valves have been implanted World Wide in ~64 countries as of 2008.

(from information supplied by On-X)

 

[ChouDoufu]

http://www.atsmedical.com/Physicians.aspx?id=1144

ATS Open Pivot® Mechanical Heart Valves

 

[Bina]

Some people hear them and some people don't. It really is not a reason to worry.....

 

[Montrealer]

I`ve got a Carbomedics R500 model and it seems loud but I`m already use to it .