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    How Many Tissue Valves Don't Last As Long...

    Thanks all for your comments. To summarize, then, it could be chemical (immune system reaction to foreign objects, stronger with younger adults who have stronger immune systems) and definitely physical if the size is too small, creating abnormal tensions and whatnot. From another post on the...
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    What's the longest someone's bovine aortic valve has lasted?

    Thanks all for your inputs. One point I was told by an attending doc after my aortic valve replacement: it is not clear what causes calcification, but there are indications that the blood flows near the surface of the valve are a contributing factor. Sort of makes sense if you get the physics...
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    Inspiris Resilia Aortic Valve failing after 1.5 years?

    Well, congratulations on results so far. Yes it is also great to be off coumadin One of the worst side effects of coumadin is the interaction with vit K which is essential for the good functioning of many systems in your body. (check out the Weston A Price foundation in this regard, short...
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    BAV—Rate of Progression

    I personally had murmurs since '89 (when I was advised to check with a doctor at the blood donation center). I never thought much of it and went happily along till about 2008. It's only in 2014 that I had a mini stroke and when the docs discovered the cause was congenital BAVD, and AFIB. In...
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