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Thanks for this update on Foldax Mitral valve clinical trials in India. As the Indian clinicals report different specs (including shorter length) than the ones in USA, it seems that the Indian Foldax Mitral Clinical participants are "ahead of" the US Mitral participants. Despite no 10-20 yr...

just sharing this new research paper of interest for those who are active fitness buffs - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2806718?utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamanetworkopen&utm_content=wklyforyou&utm_term=063023

Best wishes on your surgery. My sister got the SJ tissue conduit after her year old AVR+Dacron stent had developed 2 new aneurysms. She is nearly one year post the second surgery & feeling good.

A cardiologist appreciates the miracles that have let us come this far -...

I just posted a new research article on this under the New Advancements category. I am ignorant beyond having read the article.

I have no personal investment/experience with this issue, but I cruise JAMA research & occasionally post a relevant one on this blog in appreciation of the help provided by this community re my sister's twice-done surgery (AVR + aortic root area aneurysms). May be helpful to remember that...

You are my latest icon for Resiliency! Glad you can zoom around on the bike.

might the "misfit" or unusual placement cause turbulence & thus be a clot risk?

The first Foldax recipient was a middle aged male Oregonian runner, who did a slow 10K a few months post surgery. Would guess rblue may be somewhere around recipient #20? Bless him for staying resilient with the complications. The Foldax Clinicals surgeon that my sister consulted with (she opted...

Thank you once again, Athens 1964. My sister now has this stented valve, surgically implanted by Coselli at Houston's Baylor St. Lukes. The fact that we had this photo-page at the pre-surgery meeting made Coselli physically startle & remark that "we had done our homework". Surgery went well...

Thanks for mentioning the post-op bras!

Sorry, I cannot help with your query re the Target INR range. Do I understand that you have a St Jude mechanical valve that is stented with a Dacron mesh tube that was used to repair an aneurysm + aortic valve some 35 yrs ago? My sister is scheduled soon for replacement of a surgical...

Side Bar Issue - any thots re Coselli's surgical prowess for aneurysm redo (original stent+AVR was done by another surgeon a year ago, but now has aneurysms at both end of the stent)? Have tried to link up you & my sister (toadhall blog name) up online before her Houston consult, but unclear...

(Setting aside the Marketing aspects) Sounds like they are still in Clinical Trials in US, but are allowed to concurrently start Clinicals in India. Hopefully that means that the US Clinicals are still looking good, tho it's not a LT track record yet. Thanks to all the courageous Clinical...