Beach77

Glad everything is going pretty well for you! Hope you get to go home soon! Enjoy your "outside" food!

Day 4, almost slept through the night, with a few hour gap in between. Still no sign of INR going up much so hopefully that improves...

I must sit in a silent room and listen carefully to hear my On-X aortic valve. It is not an issue for me. I target an INR of 2.5, and I...

Def mechanical, tavr would arguably be close to malpractice at your age

You have been on this forum since 2013 so you should have a pretty good knowledge of valves. I'd go with the St. Jude. It has a long...

Thanks for the responses all! Yes, I’m 24 miles from Cedars Sinai and that’s where the interventional cardiologist does his work as well...

Clinic blood draw today (Tuesday): INR now 1.3 A drop from last Thursday's 1.4 New dosage schedule given: 9mg tonight 9mg tomorrow 7mg...

@jag004 You made the best decision at the time. It's always hard making those decision! Keep moving forward and don't worry about the...

Hey all! Woke up evening on Wednesday after a routine and successful surgeey. That day went ok but I didnt sleep a lot. The day after...

Good luck. Similar story. Was about to have 4th open surgery when surgeon changed his mind and pivoted to Mitral clips. Two days later...

I saw the surgeon on Tuesday. I didn’t need any of the questions I had planned to ask him. He had looked at my TEE, and said if he was...

@tjay There is four major valve manufacturers. They are all the same, but also all slightly different. 1) St Jude. This is the...

I think it varies hospital by hospital. I think that the major hospitals in CA generally have a good reputation. At UCLA I was not...

Similar to what Chuck C described, the Mayo Clinic handled my release very well. BEFORE surgery I was told the various criteria for...

The two most competitive mechanical valves used in the US are the St. Jude and the On-X. Probably they are both very similar. On-X has...