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    10th Anniversary on April 30th,2024

    April 30th 2024 tenth anniversary coming up for my bovine aortic heart vaive replacement & quadruple by pass. Last year while on vacation I Florida while out with friends I ordered a beer and after one sip I suddenly could not finish the beer and lost my appetite and returned home for the...
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    25 Years AVR

    I take it you had a mechanical valve installed
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    MOO is now 10!

    Wow -- congrats
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    7 year anniversary April 30th

    Had AVR & quadruple bypass surgery. I had the Carpenter bovine installed
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    Cholesterol

    I am currently taking Rapatha ( injection every 2 weeks ) to lower my high cholesterol. I have been on it for two years now and have had no side effects except occasional sinus mucus buildup on the day of injection.My cholesterol has dropped from around 12 to under 3 and I seem to maintain that...
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    Guinness world record

    I take it that it was a mechanical valve ?
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    Tissue Valvers. How Old is Yours?

    I too had a Carpenter Edwards 3300TFX aortic valve implanted April 30 , 2014
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    Tissue Regrets??

    I had a Carpentier-Edwards pericardial tissue aortic heart valve ( 23mm ) installed at London University Hospital in 2014. I had a triple by-pass completed at the same time. The surgery took 5 1/2 hours which was a little longer than normal .The doctor indicated the vein they removed from my leg...
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    Dental Work

    My dentist has me take 4 capsules of “Apo - Amoxicillin 500mg “ one hour prior to my dental appointment/ cleaning.
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    Tissue Valve - 10 yrs?

    I had the Carpenter Edwards Pericardial 3300FTX tissue valve installed at age 64 . My cardiologist recommended this tissue valve and I also agreed that it was the best solution for me. He made his recommendation after all his testing and indicated that other than the bad valve my heart was in...
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    Carpenter Edwards Perimount Pericardial aortic valve

    Well it's been almost 5 months now since I had the Carpentier-Edwards model 3300FTX installed along with a triple bypass. I was surprised at how quickly I bounced back and was ready to get my life back on track. Within a month I was eager to get back to the things I was doing prior to the...
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    Chest incision --- How long to heal after surgery ?

    It has been 5 1/2 weeks since my operation for AVR and CABG and although my leg incisions have completely healed on the outside I can't say the same for my chest incision. As of this date I still have an open wound along this incision that requires daily care. There is a clear sticky fluid that...
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    Cancelled Surgery --- Has this happened to you ?

    I was scheduled for aortic heart valve replacement and triple bypass on April 28th , 2014 at London University Hospital( Ontario , Canada ) at 1:00 pm . I live two hours from the hospital and had to be there for 10:00 am for pre-op . I arrived ready for my surgery and was admitted and gowned...
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    The morning of....

    I was scheduled for aortic heart valve replacement and triple bypass on April 28th , 2014 at London University Hospital at 1:00 pm . I live two hours from the hospital and had to be there for 10:00 am for pre-op . I arrived ready for my surgery and was admitted and gowned and all stats taken and...
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    Carpenter Edwards Perimount Pericardial aortic valve

    I like the one you have Steve , but I will leave the decision on model to the surgeon who recommended the Carpenter Edwards in the first place.
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