Recent content by johnbell

I did indeed complete the 14 mile trail race in adverse conditions. I had to run on snow and ice for the first half of the race and then ankle deep mud for the remainder of the race. It was the toughest race I have ever run and took me in excess of 6 hours to complete. I have written a story...

I had my bi-cuspid aortic valve replaced at the Cleveland Clinic with a human donor valve 11 years ago. We have checked it with both a CT scan and an echocardiogram 3 months ago and it shows no sign of calcification or leakage and is functioning better than my 3 native valves. I will be 71 in...

This is my first post. My aortic homograft valve is now 9 years old. It was installed by Dr. Gosta Pettersson at the Cleveland Clinic. This was my second heart surgery; 1993 – CABG x 5 ; 2003 – CABG x 2 and aortic valve replacement for a stenotic bi-cuspid aortic valve. My new valve came from...