Recent content by DebW

Hello Sandra, I am 68 and had a bovine valve to replace my bicuspid valve. I also had a 5.7cm aortic root aneurysm repair. That was October 2017. In March of 2022, I became extremely short of breath. I was hospitalized for a week, the last few days of June and into July. My family doctor was...

I was 62 when I was diagnosed with 5.7cm aortic root aneurysm and bicuspid valve. Surgery was October 31, 2017. Drs wanted to know when I was told I had a heart murmur. My answer - never. I did experience palpitations occasionally. In January 2017, my heart would "race" and not stop in a few...

I was advised by my cardiologist that they like to do surgery when the aneurysm is 4.7 to 5.2cm. Mine is 5.7cm and I have not had surgery yet. Why? My understanding is that the waiting time is lengthy (I was diagnosed in March this year with bicuspid valve and 5.7cm aneurysm), and because my...