murmur since rheumatic fever at birth.
Began to really struggle with breathing in 2010.
Continued to get worse, diagnosed with bad aortic valve
in October of 2011
Power Boating
- Location
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Lakewood , Washington
- Surgery
- Aortic Valve replacement & Artery By-Pass Nov 3, 2011 at Tacoma General Hospital.
I chose the on-x mechanical valve
- Medications
- Warfarin, aspirin, Lisinopril and a butt load of other non heart related stuff.
- Occupation
- Retired
- Referral
- web search for message boards, found this wonderful community
Aortic Valve replaced with on-x mechanical valve, also artery by-pass performed on Nov 3 2011 at Tacoma General Hospital